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________________ 340 LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA A grass-cutting wooden instrument known as kuliya, was in use in Surattha. It measured two hands and had iron nails fixed at the end with an iron plate attached to it 809 It is said that the corn kangu was available in this country in plenty and rice was caten in its absence 910 Surattha comprises modern Kathiawar and other portions of Gu jerat 811 Sūrodaya-a city The town was located in Veyaddha the lord of Vijjāharas of the town $12 Its site is not known. Indadhanu is mentioned as Suttivai or Suttimati-a city Suttivai was the capital of Cedi, one of the twenty five and a half Āryan countries It is the Suktımati or Suktisahvaya of the Alahābhārata. The Vlahābharata also mentions a river by the name of Suktimati, which is said to break through the Koláhala hills and flow by the ancient kingdom of Cedi Pargitar identifies the inver with the modern Ken and places Suktımati neai the modern town of Banda 813 Suvannabhūm -a county It is stated that Suvannabhūmi vals 15lcd by Usabha See Adamba! and also by Ajja Kālaga , the latter is said to have arrı cd here to scc his grand-disciplc from Cjeni '14 Suvannabhūmi and Sihala dīva are cited as examples of lisandina diva which did not overflow by periodical sea-tideli Câiudatta is said to have reached here in goat's skin ajena= zastrena) 816 According to the Vasudevahindī, it was situated near the mountain Veyaddha 817 Suvannabhūmı is identical with lower Burma, Pegu and Moulmein districts 818 300 Visi cū, p 53 (MSS) $10 Ibid 2, p 129 (MSS) $11 CGIP 697 , GEBPJS 813 Ilarā 18 P 247 819 (Dp 196 814 Ta ci, Il, p 25 815 Acaci, p 224. $16 Süya Ti, 1 11, p 196 817 P 149. $18 G. E, B, p. 70.
SR No.011077
Book TitleLife in Ancient India as Depicted in Jain Canons
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJagdishchandra Jain
PublisherNew Book Company
Publication Year1947
Total Pages429
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size16 MB
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