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South India, as he makes only a few references to the Jains.
We may now indicate the main conclusions arrived at in the course of our discussion.
1. That the Jains who weilded powerful influence in the 5th, 6th and 7th centuries underwent deterioration.
2. That the rise of Saiva Nayanārs and their organised efforts to stamp out Jainism, the conversion of Kūn Pandya by Tirujñānasambandar and that of the Pallavą Kiny by Appar, led to the downfall of the Jains in the Tamil land about 750 A.D.
3. That the Jains were saibjected to further persecution at the hands of Vaishnava Alvars till, in the 9th and 10th centuries, they do not seem to have enjoyed any prominence in the land.
