[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c19.557 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.557 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.557 - **Language:** English ### [c19.557](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.557) Dakkhināvaha was a great centre of the Jains and was praised much by the Jain monks.¹⁷⁴ It is mentioned that there were many houses of the sāvagas in this land and the Jain monks were offered plentiful alms.¹⁷⁵ Dakkhināvaha was visited by Vairasāmi¹⁷⁶ - [Previous: c19.556](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.556) - [Next: c19.558](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.558) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.557](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.557) · Pramāṇa