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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Minister Punja (1505 A.D.) flourished at Mandir near Dhar in Central India when King Nasiruddin was ruling. He succeeded the Muslim minister Mallik Mafar. Upheld by the Hindu and Musalmans alike he was a devout follower of Jainism.
Raja Bharamalla (1605 A.D.) was the ruling chief of Kaccha and he adopted the vows of Jaina layman.
1293
Rājā Bharamalla of Nagaura, a contemporary of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, belonged to the Śrimäla sect of Rakyani gotra. He was devout Jain belonging to Japagachcha of Nagaura.
Diwana Tarachanda (1672 A.D.), a minister of Sardara Alaphakhana ruling at Fatehpur, observed the rules and vows of a Jaina layman. Raghava and Raghunatha (1778 A.D.). Ministers of king Sawanta Singh ruling at Deogarh in the Malava country in the 18th century A.D. They were seious of the Hirmada Jainas. of Deogarh.
1389
D. KUMAR "The Rise and Progress of Jainism". (Jain. Ant., Vol. XIII, No. I), Arrah, 1947.
Pp. 32 to 41. The end of the sixth and the beginning of the fifth century B.C. was a period of great religious activity in Northern India. A number of monastic orders sprang up prominent among them being Jainism, Buddhism and the Ajtvakas. For nearly five centuries after the death of Mahavira, Jainism was making rapid progress in Northern India. Bhadrabahu led the Jain Migration to the South. End of the 5th century A.D. and the opening of the 6th is the period of the Kalabhra invasion and occupation of the Pandyan Kingdom of the South. Dravidians in origin the Kalabhras embraced Jainism from the moment they came to this country. The Kalabhras were invited by the Jainism from the moment they came to this country. The Kalabhras were invited by the Jains into the Chela, Chora and Pandya kingdoms to establish Jainism firmly. The period beginning from the 6th century A.D. is marked by a revival of Brahmanism affecting greatly Buddhism and Jainism women stalwarts to the cause of Jainism mentioned.
1390
R. MAJUMDAR. CHOWDHURY and DATTA-An Advanced History of India. London, 1943.
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P. 59. Both Vardhamana and Buddha preached their doctrines during the reign of Bimbisära.
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