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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.591

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.591

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c19.591

According to Pali literature, Dantapura was the capital of Kalinga. Various identifications of Dantapura have been put forward. M. Sylvain Lévi identifies it with the Paloura of Ptolemy and places it in the neighbourhood of Chicacole.¹⁹⁵