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NOTE No. 20 A.
"The statements in the inscription about the teachers and their schools are of no small importance in themselves for the history of the Jainas. If at the end of the first century A.D. many scparate schools of Jaina ascetics existed a great age and lively activity, as well as great care as regards the traditions of the sect, may be inferred."
Page 44 THE INDIAN SECT OF THE JAINS. NOTE NO. 20B
KALPASUTRA.
The agreement of the inscriptions with the Kalpasutra leads still further however: it proves on the one side that the Jainas of Mathura were Svetambara, and that the schism, which split the sect into two rival branches occurred long before the beginning of our era. On the other hand it proves that the tradition of the Svetambara really contains ancient historic elements, and by no means deserves to be looked upon with distrust.
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