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informations gathered thereof as to (1) the political history of Western India, (2) the different Schools of Jain monks, and (3) the social classification of the Jain laymen.
PAWAPURI.
This is a holy place in the Sub-division of Bihar in the district of Patna about 7 miles South of Bihar. It was here that the last Tirthank ar Mahavir attained nirvan. There is a tank in the place, in the midst of which stands the temple known as Jalmandir. The foot-prints of Mahavira Swami are inscribed there. It was the place of his cremation. Tradition says that countless people came attend the funeral ceremony and the mere act of taking a pinch of ashes, from the place where the sage was cremated, created such a great hollow all round the spot, that afterwards it being filled with water, became transformed into the present tank, which is about a mile in circumference. There is also a stone bridge about 600 feet in length across the tank from the bank to the temple. The scenery around is really charming. Visitors and pilgrims who
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