Jain Legend Vol 2

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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public and the rulers to the foreign invaders. Even the foreign invaders would also fight among themselves. As a result, ultimately, those foreign powers diminished, declined and disappeared. Initially Maurya Candra Gupta and subsequently the akas put an end to the Greek rule; the akas in V.N. 470 were defeated by Vikram ditya, and Gautamiputra aka rani ( liv hana) crushed the aka power in V.N. 605. In the same manner, the foreign rule of Parthians was put to an end by Ku were also foreign rulers and who belonged to the Y -C tribe.
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Prior to the tenure of Revati nak atra, as the discourse- c rya, Kujula Kaidphises-I, a Ku a warrior, defeating the Parthian annexed and established his power over Gandh ra (Afghanistan) and some areas of Punjab. His son, Vem Kaidphises started moving further, and during the tenure of Durbalik Pu yamitra as epochal- c rya, he occupied and established his authority over complete Punjab and Du b and extended his kingdom up to Varanasi in the East.
Being constantly exposed to the foreign assaults, our country became weak and vulnerable in many aspects. Harassed by the atrocities of the foreign invaders, the people became cynical and developed intolerance towards other common kites which resulted in social, religious and racial animosity. One race condemned the other, one religious follower blamed the other and one class held the other class responsible for the calamitous and miserable conditions that prevailed in the country as a result of the atrocities committed by the foreign invaders. It is impossible to assess the amount of damage done to our society by the people who bred such dangerous false notions in their hearts, because it was inconceivably greater than the greatest damage caused by these foreign - invaders. History bears testimony that the most selfish, from time to time instigated people to such polluted thinking. As a result, the people belonging to different classes, castes and religions who for thousands of years lived together in peace, now Strived hard to annihilate each other. Apart from various other reasons, this religious hatred was the main reason for the total extinction of Buddhism from our country. The crusades, led by King Pu yamitra umga against Buddhists and Buddhism, are evidences which confirm this fact.
Due to the calamitous conditions that escalated in India as a result of the success of the foreign invaders, the followers of Jainism also had to
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