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who died only four years ago, composed severai Works in popular style, thus brir.ging home the Jain philosophy to the masses.
In the literary world of India Jains justly claim the credit of accurate recording of history. Accurate chronicling of events and history-making seldom find
place in the ancient works of Hindus. Among the Jains, however, the case is different. Since the time of their first literary activity they have been recording the most important historical events of the time, Authors and commentators mention, at the end of their respective works, the names of their spiritual predecessors and the work done by them. Jain Pattavalis' lists ot spiritual heads of the community, with & short sketch of their lives and description of the leading events of the time, are well-known, and are being earnestly studied by German Oriental scholars and Professor Bendall of London. Jacobi, Klatt, Buhler, and last but not the least my friend Professor Leumann, of the Stressburg University, have settled many points of Jain history with the aid of these Pattavalis.
The sacred libraries of the Jains, established at various periods of our history for the purpose of faciliteting to laymen the study of their philosophy and religion, contain thousands of manuscripts, some of which have not been allowed to be even looked at,
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