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Antiquity of Jainism
Professor Mahavir Saran Jain
Lord MAHAVIRA is not the
founder of Jainism. Since Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism, belonged to the same region of Magadha as MAHAVIRA - the 24th Tirthankar of Jainism, and because both were contemporaries, it was assumed erroneously that Jainism was contemporary of Buddhism or was an off shoot of Buddhism.
It is now accepted that Jainism is not only older than Buddhism but it has got its roots going deep into the antiquity in pre-Aryan and pre-Vedic times. Herman
