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Brahmans so greatly differentiated that they considered
them as belonging to different races. From this Dr. Guseva concludes:
"Only one interpretation can be given to this, and that is, in those times followers of Jainism were, in the main, representatives of pre-Aryan population of the country. This means that there is basis to assert that the chief components of this non Vedic religion were engendered by non Aryan ethnical environment."
Ex. Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, M. N. Deshpande states,
"This extract helps in satisfactorily understanding the distinctive nature and origin of Jain asceticism which was distinct from Brahmanic asceticism. This path of the Shramanas inculcates complete nivratti (turning away completely from worldly life) and pravrajya (renunciation), enjoining total anagaratva (the state of homelessness) together with the vow of non-killing, truthfulness, nonstealing and celibacy. The concept of " Trigupti or the total
