Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s1.3

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¹ *Jambu Sū*, 2, 29; *Ava cū*, pp 153 157 Similar description is found in the *Mahābhārata* when the Devas became subjected to fear due to lawlessness (*arājakatā*) and approached Vishnu, who appointed Prthu as the first king of the earth, under whose rule the whole earth was tilled and cultivated with seventeen kinds of grains At this time Brahmā composed a science for the social advancement and well-being of the world in hundred thousand chapters (*Mahābhā Sānti* p 1. viii) ² *Brh. Bhā.*, 1. 940 Cf Woman, dice, hunting and drink, the four sins are reprehensible in a king; *Mahābhā*. III. 13 7. ³ *Vya. Bhā.*, 1. p. 128af. ⁴ *Sū.* 6.