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the world. Shri Muni Suvrat-swami the 20th Tirthankar also visited this place and by his sermons converted the wealthy merchant Gang Dutt, who was possessed of 7 crores of gold coins and the famous merchant Kartik Sheth to renunciate the World. The last Great Tirthankar Lord Mahavir also honoured this place and showed the path of salvation and deliverance to Shivraj and Potill.
According to Jain history, 12 emperors (chakravartiss) ruled this Bharat. Out of them six had their capital at Hastinapur. They are,
(1) Sanat Kumar, (2) Shantinath, (3) Kunthunath, (4) Arnath, (5) Subhum, and (6) Maha-Padma.
All of them were Jairs and three of them (2nd, 3rd and 4th) became Tirthankaras. It
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