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Importance of - Mathura in the political history of India. Submission of Brahmamitrā, the then King of Magadha, to Khäravela, the King-over-lord of Kalinga, as well as the hurried retreat of a Greek King, Dimita (Demetrios)--(E.1. Vol. XXKANOW and JAYASWAL).
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The colossal image of Gomațanātha (Vardhamana Mahävira) at Śravanabe]goļa.
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The Bhadrabähu caves at Sravanabe!cola and the Bhadrabahu inscriptions-Third century B. C. Sravāņa Belgoļa was perhaps within his (Chandragupta) vast dominions.
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The Tamil, script developed later than Kannada Kannada was known early enough and it must have been derived from a proto-dravidian original and not from Tamil as is sometimes believed. Apparently ill the 4th century of the Christian era, at all events, Präkrit was the Official language and Prakrit and Sanskrit continued to interprct our thoughts and ideas for many centuries after the birth of Christ. The Jainas gave up Prakrit and began writing in Sanskrit about the 5th Century A. D. Jainism was in vogue carlier than Buddhism under Chandragupta Maurya and Srutakevali Bhadrabahu.
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B. C. LAW. Vaišāli, Mahāvīra's Birth Place. (Jain Ant. Vol. X; No.I ; Arrah; 1944; Pp. 16-18).
Vaišāli (identified with the present village of Basarh in the Muzaffarpur dist. Bihar) the capital of the Licchavi Rājas and the head quarters of the powerful vajjian confederacy. The great city claims Mahavira as its citizen. H, was known as casalie or Vuišalika, that is, an inhabitant of Vaišali. Kund agrarna, the birth place of Mahävira was a suburb of Vaisali. Mahtīvira's mother Trisala was a sister of Cetaka who was one of the Vaišāli Räjas. Out of the forty-two rainy seasons Mahävira spent no less than twelve at Vaisali
Mahävira's parentswere worshippers of Pārśva and followers of Sramaņas. Śramaņas or wondering ascetics had been in existence ever since the time of the
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