Contemporaneity and Chronology of Mahavira and Buddha

Author(s): Nagrajmuni, Mahendramuni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Book Agency

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Scholars' Views
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I am very much impressed by the discussion of the subject which has been made so profoundly by Muni Shri Nagrajji in his work. In my view, its English translation is necessary, for it will provide the non-Hindi speaking people with the opportunity of knowing the controversy which is existing regarding this problem and also the correct solution thereof.
Dr. B. CH. CHHABRA, M.A., M.O.L., Ph.D. (England) F.A.S.I. Jt. Director-General of Archaeology in India
Many a scholar of India as well as abroad have tackled the controversial problem of the contemporaneity and chronology of Mahavīra and Buddha. Muni Shri Nagrajji has unbiasedly and critically examined all these views and also he has presented a new solution, which, in my view, is quite unimpeachable.
The historical evidences, supplied by the author from the two-and-a-half millenium old remnants of the dark age, are so solid that their validity would not be easily challenged by scholars in the future. Author's researchful efforts, talent governed by austerities, and constant hard work are clearly manifested in this valuable discovery. The effort to discover the missing links of the Jain History constitutes, in fact, sādhanā, a way of achieving the ultimate aim, for it requires the whole life-each and every moment of life. I consider it as good as the sadhana of achieving the blissful state.
DR. PREM SAGAR JAIN, M.A., Ph. D. Professor of Digamber Jain College, Baraut (U.P.) & Editor, Anekanta (A Bimonthly Research Journal)