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NOTES
1. See: Vilas Sangave's book Aspects of Jaina religion, Henri
Zimmer's The philosophies of India, Alain Danielou's History of India and many others
2. See translation into English by R. Fynes published by “Oxford
University Press” in 1996 under the title The Lives of Jain Elders
3. See: Aspects of Jaina Religion by Vilas Sangave, Religion and
culture of the Jains by Dr Jyoti Prasad Jain (3rd edition) published in 1983 by "Bharatiya Jnanpith Publication” in New Delhi, Jain Temples in India and around the world by Dr. L.M. Singhvi, published in 2002 by "Himalayan Books and Luxor Foundation" in New Delhi
See Jainism in Tamil Nadu by Dr. A. Ekambaranathan, published in 1996 by "Jain Humanities Press” at Mississauga (Canada)
5. This was the case, at the Xih century with the hordes of Mahmud
of Ghazni, at the Xir" century with those of Muhammad of Ghur, at the XIVh century with those of Muhammad Tughluq and of some Moghul Emperors, from the Xvih to the Xviiih centuries. The Huns had already invaded the North of India from 500 to 540 B.C. and Alexander the Great in 326 B.C.
6. The Buddhists expelled from Tibet by the Chinese returned to
India in the middle of the XX century with their Dalai-Lama
7. See on that matter a large bibliography in P.S. Jaini's book The
Jaina Path of Purification, published in 1990 by “Motilal Banarsidass" in Delhi
8. Note also the creation of the Jain Academy in 1992 in London to
develop researches on Jainism, to promote it and to diffuse its values at schools and Universities at cultural and spiritual levels.
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