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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.790

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.790

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c19.790

It is mentioned as an abode of the sage, Phalāhāra²⁷⁷ Himavanta is mentioned as *pabbatarāja* in Pali literature The *Milinda-pañha* (p. 111) states that five hundred rivers issued forth from the Himavanta. It is the famous range of mountains to the north of India so frequently mentioned in Indian literature.

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