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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.674

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.674

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c19.674

The kingdom of Gandhāra is mentioned at several places in Jain texts. It is said that a layman (*sāvaga*) journeyed from Gandhāra to Viibhaya to pay reverence to the sandalwood idol of Mahāvīra which was in possession of king Udāyana.²²⁶