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[Goshala Established Ajivika Samaj
doubts and suspicions about his being a Tirthankara. They went even so far as to call themselves the followers of Goshala. It is surmised that at one time the number of the members of the Ajivika Samaj rose higher then that of the followers of the Lord. But it must be admitted without any argument that the condition of the Ajivika Samaj must have been as pitiable as that of the leaves of a fallen tree at that time. That is why, we do not see any followers of that community to day, while the followers of Lord Mahavira are calculated to be about 12 lacs in India, although thousands of years have elapsed since he lived in this world.
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