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Mahavira and Buddha
with great enthusiasm, giving added importance to the universal glory of Buddhism.
According to the traditional Nirvāņa era of Mahā vīra, 2500 years from Mahāvīra's Nirvāna will be completed in 1974 A.D. Since no sect or sub-sect of Jainism has any differences regarding the date of the anniversary, it is essential on the part of the whole Jain community to celebrate this occasion in a systematic and well-organized manner.
I would be failing in my duty if I were not to mention the immense help that my colleague Muni Mahendra Kumarji “Dviteeya’ rendered in the writing of the present volume. I also owe a debt of gratitude to Shri Sampat Kumar Gadhaiya, and Muni Mahendra Kumarji, ‘Pratham' for the collection and sifting of valuable material. I am equally grateful to those authors, historians and scholars whose books and articles have been liberally referred to elucidate the present work.
MUNI NAGRAJ
Bhiksu Bodhi Sthala Rajanagara (Rajasthan) 27 July 1963
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