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Mahen-jo-daro Antiquities and Jainisin of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzır I (circa 1140 B. C.) found in Kathia war, which disclosed that that king belonged to Sumer tribe and was the lord of Rewānagar. Nebuchdanezzar is mentioned in it, as to had visited Mt. Revata and paid homage to Tirthankara Nemi." According to certain Indian opinion the Sunerians origi nally belonged to Surashtra tract of India and their religion was akin to. Jainism. It shows that Sumerians were not totally unacquainted of Jainism, rather they betray Jaina influence in their early beliefs. Hence if Sumerians were concerned with Indus civilisation then it is not strange to find similarities between the Jaina and Indus people observances.
But the general tendency of the scholars is towards the hypothesis that the Indus periple were of Dravidian stock. In this respect Western scholars ophold that Dravidians were not Arrans an! came from Tiapa Batllixen tradition regards then as Kpitriyaa, who were degraded to Viasalbond owing to having reinaiset ut of pouch of Verlas and Brichmanas. It shows that though these Dravidians w e kisatriya Iryans, but they were not the followers of the Verlic religion Mion makes them along with Lichiavi fuota ard och ksatrisa i as l'rátyas', who again can be the lines and r eels. The frien tradition too, claims that the progeny of Prince Dravili !.0 Witithe son o Rishabha, the first Tirikisikara, came to be ku ji Davidis and there had bor12 prince ascuties, known as Divida Nrindis in to Jain tradition, who are worshipped odiy lay the Jainas. It is evident also from Tbolkappram the scient grammar of the Tamils that the Dravidians were equally civiline like Aryone and were acquainted wil the tences of Jainisin!" Jainism played an importin mole among the Dravidian ; Si righ:! remuks Major G-neral J G.R
3. "Times of Indiri, 19th archi, 1935, p. 9 & **17" (TATTAT; 377
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Manu. 8. 4. Chakravarii, Jaina Gazette, Vol. XXI. pp. 6 K P. Jayasual,
--- Modern Review, 1929, p. 499 9. Satrunjaya-mahatmya. 10. laina Literature in Tamil (Arrah) pp. 10-14.
