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H. C. RAYCHAUDHURY-Political History of India from the accession of Pariīkshit to the Coronation of Bimbisāra, [JDL, ix, (Pt. 2) 1923, Pp. 1-96).
P. 46. Sixteen Mahājanapadas given in the Jain Bhagavati Sutra : 1. Anga, 2. Banga, 3. Magaha (Magadha), 4. Malaya, 5. Malava, 6. Achchha, 7. Vachchha (Vatsa), 8. Kochchha (Kachchha?), 9. Padha (Pandya?), 10. Lādha (Rādha), 11. Bajji (Vajji), 12. Moli, 13. Kasi, 14. Kosala, 15. Avaha, 16. Sambhuttara (Sumhottara ?).
P. 47. The Jains afford testimony to the greatness of Kāsi, and represent Asvasena, king of Benares, as the father of their Tirthankara Pärśva who is said to have died 250 years before Mahāvīra i.e., in 777 B.C.
P. 55. Mention of Dadhivähana, one of the early kings of Anga, in the Jain tradition. (Beginning of the 6th century B.c.). His daughter Chandanā or Chandravālā was the first female to embrace Jainism shortly after Mahāvria's attainment of Kevaliship.
P. 57. Mention by Jain writers of the two early kings of Rajagriha named Samudravijaya and his son Gaya, who is said to have reached perfection which has been taught by the Jains.
P. 59.
The Jñatrikas were the clan of Siddhartha and his son Mahavira, the
Jina.
Pp. 62-63. Family connection of Mahāvira.
P. 65. Reference in the Jain Kalpa sutra to nine Mallakis as having formed a league with nine Lichchhavis, and the eighteen Ganarajas of Kasi-Kosala.
P. 69. Mention in the Uttaradhyayana Sutra of a king Isukara ruling at the town called Isukara in the Kuru country.
Pp. 70-71. The Uttaradhyayana Sutra mentions a king of Kampilya named Sanjaya who gave up his kingly power and adopted the faith of the Jains.
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R. NARASIMHACHARYA-Sravana Belgola. (QJMS, xiii, 1923, Pp. 430-447).
Information about the colossal image of Gommateśvara. Account of Gommata given in inscription No. 234, of about 1180. Description of Gommata in the
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