[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) › c19.9 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.9 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.9 - **Language:** English ### [c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.9) ⁶ The Buddhists call it Sineru, Meru, Sumeru, Hemameru and Mahāmeru It is the highest conceivable mountain according to them. The Purāṇas also speak of Sumeru mountain having the altitude of one hundred thousand yojanas, (Law, India described, p. 2 ff). - [Previous: c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.8) - [Next: c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.10) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.9) · Pramāṇa