________________ AR CELULA fascia] . which lay in these parts he spent almost all the rainy seasons during his spiritual career, though at times he extended his travels as far west and noth as Shravasti and the foot of the Himalayas. Men and women of all castes and classes from the lands east of the Middle Country crowded into his order, and from these grew the four representatives of the Jaina coinmunity : Sadhus, Sadhvis, Sravakas and Sravikas-monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen, Maba vira's name and fame greatly perturbed the Brahmans of Magadha, and several of their most eminent teachers undertook to refute his doctrines. Instead of effecting their purpose, however, they became converts, and constituted his Ganadharas-Chief disciples and tea. chers of his doctrines. In thirty years Mabavira is said to have converted to Jainism Magadha, Bihar, Prayaga, Kaushambi, Champapuri and many other powerful states in North India. The Jainas, both Shve tambaras and Digambaras, have recorded the names of the places wbere he stayed during each rainy season. They also give the names of the different rulers he visited. They tell us how Chetaka, king of Videha, became a patron of his order; how Kunika, king of Anga, gave himn the most cordial welcome; how Shatanika, king of Kausimbi, listened with deep interest to his discourses; how Shrenika, king of Magadha, asked him thousands of questions conce
