[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) › c19.790 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.790](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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. - [Previous: c19.789](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.789) - [Next: c19.791](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.791) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Milindapañha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.milindapanha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.790](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.790) · Pramāṇa