Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s1.5

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It is mentioned that during that period people ate uncooked roots and Usabha taught them cooking in earthen vessels. At this time arose the potters, blacksmiths, weavers, carpenters, and barbers. Further, Usabha is said to have taught alphabets to Brāhīṇī, arithmetic to Sundarī, rūpakamma (sculpture) to Bharata and cittakamma (painting) to Bāhubali. Thus came into existence the seventy two arts for men, sixty four for women and one hundred general arts (sippa). It was during this period that the Nāgayañña, the Indamaha, the institution of marriage, and the building of the thūbhas (mounds) as memorials to the dead were promulgated.