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Again the Jain atomic theory, the conce. ption of time and space, धर्म and अधर्म i, . tho fulcrum of motion and rest find the full support of scienoe.
The Jain measure of the history of the world by enormous periods of time such as Aras, Sarpini, Sagropaws and Palyopams, was for some time looked upon as incredible and imaginary. But the latest researches made by modern science fully endorse the views of the Jains. Mr. R. S. Grew, the great archeologist in determining the age of human races, dates the first appearance of man ou the planet 3,00,000 years back. Another scientist goes still further back and fixes the date about three million years in the past. Further investigations of science in this field will reveal still more wonderful results but on the strength of what science already knows at this stage we can without any hesitation fully support the Jain assertions about tha enormous length of time that intervened between each of the twentyfour Tirthankars.
The Jain conception of the vastness of the Universe, the Lok and Alok and the magnitude
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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