[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 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey Government, army, economy (agriculture, crafts, trade), society (castes, family, women, education, dress, food, festivals), geography from Jaina Āgamas and commentaries. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Jagdish Chandra Jain](https://indike.org/pramana/person/jain-jc) - **Extent:** 5,545 passages, 154,955 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Bombay: New Book Company 1947; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · In copyright (Jagdish Chandra Jain †1993); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c1) — 21 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c2) — 19 parts - [c3 Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c3) — 35 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c4) — 19 parts - [c5 Section I: Introduction to the Jain Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c5) — 27 parts - [c6 Section II: Administrative Organisation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c6) — 10 parts - [c7 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c7) — 13 parts - [c8 Chapter IV: Military Organisation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c8) — 11 parts - [c9 Section III: Economic Aspects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c9) — 65 parts - [c10 Section IV: Social Conditions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c10) — 2 parts - [c11 Chapter III Position of Women](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c11) — 9 parts - [c12 Introductory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c12) — 27 parts - [c13 Chapter V: Arts and Sciences](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c13) — 9 parts - [c14 Chapter VI: Religious Conditions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c14) — 16 parts - [c15 Chapter VII: Manners and Customs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c15) — 4 parts - [c16 Section V: Geographical Material in the Jain Canons](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c16) — 2 parts - [c17 Chapter II the Jain Aryan Countries](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c17) — 7 parts - [c18 General Outlook](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c18) — 11 parts - [c19 Chapter I: Jain Conception of the World](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) — 2,485 parts - [c20 Section VI: Some Important Kings and Dynasties](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c20) — 47 parts - [c21 Retrospect](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c21) — 15 parts - [c22 Index I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c22) — 33 parts - [c23 Index II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c23) — 61 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) · Pramāṇa