Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c2.6

c2.6

So far, with reference to social life, no scholar has utilised the material reflected in the Jain canons. In the present work I have made an attempt to include all such available material for the first time I acknowledge that in preparing this work I was, undoubtedly, guided by other scholars, who have been working in the field in the past Particular mention may be made here of the Cheda Sūtras, which, although forming a part of the Jain canonical literature, yet remained hitherto unstudied. This literature is really very important from the point of view of social history of the ancient Indian people. In these Sūtras we come across various customs and usages prevalent in different parts of India, the study of which will be certainly helpful in writing the history of the development of the Jain ascetic order.