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sect of Buddhism, but, largely as a consequence of the researches of the Orientalists just mentioned, that opinion has been finally relinquished, and Jainism is now admitted to be one of the most ancient monastic organizations of India. So far from being merely a modern variation of Buddhism, Jainism is the older of the two heresies, and it is almost certain that Mahavira though a contemporary of Buddha, predeceased him by some fifty years" (Mahavira 599 527 B. C. & Buddha 557-477 B. C.) P. XIV Introduction to the Heart of Jainism by Mrs. Sinclair.
NOTE No. II K.
THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF INDIA. "THE HISTORY OF THE JAINS).
(i) For a considerable time European scholars were unable to form a clear opinion on the rise and growth of Jainism owing to the absence of original texts which were then scarcely available in Europe. Thus the older generations of Sanskrit scholars may be said to have shared prinIcipally two different opinions on these matters. Colebrook, Prinsep, Stevenson, E. Thomas, and others thought Jainism to be older than Buddhism -an opinion to which we may now willingly subscribe-mainly from the reason, that a disciple of Mahavira called Indrabhuti Gautama was held to be the same person as Gautam the Buddha. On the other hand, other distinguished
