[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) › c19.561 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.561 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.561 - **Language:** English ### [c19.561](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.561) The people of Dakkhināvaha are characterised as dull It is said that people from Magadha were very clever and they understood a thing merely by signs, people from Kosala by seeing, people from Pañcāla by half hearing, and people from Dakkhināvaha understood nothing unless they were told explicitly.¹⁷⁷ The people from Daksināpatha put on dress quite unlike that of Uttarāvaha.¹⁷⁸ The blacksmiths and winesellers were despised in this country,¹⁷⁹ and unlike Uttarāvaha one was allowed to marry one's maternal uncle's daughter.¹⁸⁰ It is said that the barley-meal was difficult to get here in summer.¹⁸¹ - [Previous: c19.560](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.560) - [Next: c19.562](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.562) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.561](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.561) · Pramāṇa