History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c15.s4.20

c15.s4.20

Polāsapura, the town in which he lived, is of doubtful location. The only evidence of its whereabouts is given by the statement that its king was Jiyasattu, but this king's name occurs so frequently in the Jaina scriptures, and in so many and varied contexts, that it is impossible to attach it to any historical figure.¹