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The images of Rsabha were found at Malatia, Boghaz Keui and also in the monument of Isbukjur as the chief diety of the Hittite pantheon. Excavations in Soviet Armenia at Karmir-Blur - near Erivan on the site of the ancient Urartian city of Teshabani have unearthed some images including one bronze statuette of Rsabha. Many other relics of Rsabha have been discovered in some of the foreign countries and illustrated articles on some of them have appeared in the Indian -press. These countries adopted the doctrines of Jainism and also the Brahmi script. The Indus Valley script, the ancient script of the Hebrews of Palestine, the ancient heiroglyphics of Egypt, the ancient Chinese script and the Sumerian script closely resembled the Brahmi script. The pre-Columbian civilisation of America had its origin in India. The four outstanding ancient cultures of the old European World prevalent in America, the Pueblo of the South-West, the Aztec of the Valleys and the highlands of Mexico, the Maya culture of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, and the Inca culture of Peru closely resembled the cultures of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley of India.
A Jaina Sūtra in Chinese language was found by Prof. Nakamura of the Tokyo University. It proves that Jainism was prevalent among the Chinese several centuries ago. It is possible to adduce authentic evidence from Indian and European annals of religion to prove that the Arhat Dharma was once the predominating religion of mankind in different parts of the world.
-V. G. Nair, Research in Religion.
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