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INTRODUCTION
in the East Calani and Ikshvaku or sugar-cane people and only Jews, because they lived in Judea. These Jews (evidently Essenes) derived from Indian philosophers wonderful fortitude in life, diet and continence. They were, in fact Jaina-Bodhists, whom the great Greek confounded with Syrians.
Page 67-202-193 B.C. Rise of Chinese Han dynasty, before which say compilers of Sui dynasty of about 600 A.C. Buddhism was unknown in China, so that all prior to 200 B.C. was Jain-Bodhism.
From the above statements also the readers will know that the philosophy of the Jains and Buddhas is the same and that this Jain-Buddhist religion was prevalent in the world many thousand years before Christ and that the Jewish and the Christian religions were also influenced by it. Both Jainism and Buddhism flourished side by side in many places. There are many old places in India which have old relics of both the religions. Let me enumerate a few.
(1) Sarnath (Benares). It is the birth place of 11th Jain Tirthankar Sri Sreyamnsa Nath. Still there is a Jain temple and Dharmsala. Jains visit this as a place of pilgrimage. Just opposite to the Jain temple there is an old Buddhist stupa.
This is the place where Gautama Buddha preached his first sermon of middle path. On excavations along with many Buddhist images, Jain idols are also found; which are kept outside the museum.
(2) Rajagraha (Bihar). Here are five mountains on which there are Jain temples. Here the Buddhists
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