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Contents
Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Abbreviations
CHAPTER I
Tīrthamkaras from Rṣabha to Ariṣṭanemi
CHAPTER II
Pārsvanatha
CHAPTER III
Life of Mahāvīra
CHAPTER IV
Spread of Jainism (The Early Phase)
CHAPTER V
Jainism in Mathura
CHAPTER VI
Jainism in Orissa
CHAPTER VII
Jainism in North India (200 BC-ad 600)
CHAPTER VIII
Jainism in South India (The Early Phase)
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