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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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J. PRINSEP--Essays on Indian Antiquities, with useful tables. Edited by E. THOMAS. 2 volumes-London, 1858.
Volume II. Useful Tables.
Pp. 165-166. Note on the era of Mahāvira (569 B.C., before the era of Vikra. māditya), used by the Jains in some countries of India.
Mention of an era of Pārsvanātha, moreover doubtful.
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MAX MULLER- A history of ancient Sanskrit Literature. Second edition. London, 1860.
The Jaina canon written towards the beginning of the 5th
P. 261. century A.D.
The legend of Mahāvira.
970
Rajendralāla MITRA-Vestiges of the kings of Gwalior, (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XXXI, Pp. 391.424). Calcutta, 1863.
The reviews devoted to these ancient kings and drawn from some epigraphical sources. Among the 19 inscriptions studied, and most of which are reproduced in facsimile, of them 5 Jains, namely :
N. 5. Samvāt 1013; the king Mahendrachandra, son of Mādhava. N. 6. 1034 ; the Kacchapaghata, Vajradāman.
N. 16.
1467 ; mutilated inscription, but very probably Jain.
N. 18. 1497 ; the Jomara Dungarendra Deva. N. 19. 1510; -do- -do
The inscription N. 7, of Samvat 1150, that Rājendralāla MITRA considered as Jain, is Vishņuite (cf. F. KIELHORN, Indian Antiquary, vol. XV, P. 33).
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