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P. 315. Vegetarianism does not form part of the culture of the pastoral Aryans. Even today it is confined only to the Panchadravidas, that is to say, Brahmins of the south. The Brahmins of the north do as a matter of fact eat fish. It is connected with Jainism and not with Buddhism as Buddha himself and the Buddhists outside India are mostly non vegetarians. Among Hindus it is connected with the religious revival ushared by Shankaracharya and the spread of Vaishnavism so that those non-Brahmins who are Vaishnavites give up eating flesh.
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D. R. MANKAD-Kalki: The Earliest. Check to Buddhism. (N.I.A. Vol. 4, 1941-42).
P. 337.
Bimbisara captured Rajagraha from the last Barhadratha king Ripunjaya, who then shifted to Avanti which was his Western province. Ripunjaya was murdered by his minister Punika or Munika, who put his own son Pradyota on the throne of Avanti. Pradyota considered himself to be the rightful claimant of the Magadha throne and Bimbisāra to be an usurper and therefore he took up an inimical attitude towards Bimbisāra and began preparation for attacking Magadha. But just at this time Pradyota got an additional reason for enmity with Bimbisara. Bimbisära started favouring the newly started unorthodox religions-Jainism and Buddhism. And Pradyota, who ruled at Avanti, must have thought himself bound to defend the Brahmana faith. Avanti, had always been the stronghold of Saivism, He had, therefore, a double reason to crush the Magadha ruler. But Prodyota was not able to put his plans into execution, for he soon died. Cherished wishes of Pradyota were fulfilled only in the last days of the king Visakhayupa. For it was in his days and under his patronage that the Brahmanas rallied round a common banner. It was in the village called Sambhala (Sambhlagam), that a son was born to the Brahman Chief named Vişnuyasas. This Brahman boy who was called Kalki, led a regular campaign against Buddhism and Jainism. He brought together a number of princes and formed a Confederacy. The confederacy led the armies against Magadha under the Generalship of Kalki. The name of the king against
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