[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) › c19.572 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.572 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.572 - **Language:** English ### [c19.572](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.572) Damila was counted among the non-Aryan countries Magadha Mālava, Mahārāstra, Lāta, Karnātaka, Dravida, Gauda, Vidarbha and other countries are mentioned as places of origin of \*desibhāsā\* (regional language).¹⁸⁴ It is said that the maid-servants known as Dāmili were brought from this country.¹⁸⁵ Dāmili was also known as a script (\*lipi\*).¹⁸⁶ - [Previous: c19.571](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.571) - [Next: c19.573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.573) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.572](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.572) · Pramāṇa