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writers, and the fact that Jainism was founded by the first Tirthnakara,Shri Rishabha Devaji is amply proved by the records of the rival creed namely Hinduism, which would never have acknowledged the
Blessed Lord as one of their AVATARAS if he had not been an historical figure. It is not necessary for a writer of modern History to actually acknowledge the historicity of remote tradition, but he is then also not actually called upon to pronounce his opinion on them. The words "the twenty-fourth and" might even be omitted from the correction suggested by me; I shall not quarrel with that. Then the correction will simply read as follows:
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and in this chapter we shadl tell the story of Mahavira, who was the last Tirthankara of Jainism and who re-established Jainism, though he is erroneously regarded by some as the founder of Jainism."
(2) That Mahavira was the son of a king is scarcely open to question today, and I donot understand a historian who is not satisfied with the dictum of the learned in this respect, and who is merely writing a small book for school children! The writer may be referred to the Life of Bhagwan Mahavira by Babu Kamta Prasad where he will find the questions relating to the life of the Holy Tirthankara dealt with
