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He is also known as Adinath. Rishabha inaugurated the karmabhumi and pioneered human civilisation and culture.
Rishabha was the first preacher of the ahimsa dharma, the first Tirthankar or ford-maker to the path of liberation according to Jain Sramanic path of purification and liberation. He attained nirvana on the summit of Mount Kailasa in Tibet.
P. C. Roy Choudhury states in his Jainism in Bihar;"Not much research is possible in the pre-historical age as to the role Bihar played in the story of Jainism. But some of the ancient Jain scriptures mention that Jainism had been preached in Magadha (Bihar) by Lord Rishabha at the end of Stone Age and the beginning of the agricultural age. At the remote period Magadha was separated from the rest of India by Ganga-sagar. The ancient history of Nepal bears this out”. (P.7)
The point to be noted is that there is a consistent tradition found in the Jaina religious literature and also in the
