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N. P. CHAKRAVARTI-Presidential Address. (I. H. Cong., 17th Sess., Ahmedabad), 1954,
P. 20. The Kushana era and Kanishka era; two inscriptions-one of the year 86 and another of 15, in which one Arya Vasula is mentioned; it would be impossible for the same person to occupy important position in the Jain community for a period of 71 years. Misunderstanding of the actual words. The donation of the image might have been made by her relations and followers, after she expired 'for the emancipation of Vasula'.
Another Mathura inscription dated in the year 299 : Mathura was a stronghold of Jainism-why an era used in the north-west should be used at Mathura only in a solitary instance ?
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H, V. DIVATIA-Welcome Speech. (I.H. Cong., 17th Sess., Ahmedabad), 1954.
P. 1. In the kingdom of Maitrakas of Valabhipur, Jainism, Saivism, Vaisnavism and Buddhism flourished side by side under the patronage of its rulers.
Pp. 2-3. For the glory of Gujarat, credit goes to the Jaina community which produced traders, administrators, warriors and literary scholars. Jaina Munis devoted themselves not only to exposition of their religious tenets but to grammar, biography and history.
P. 5. The mutual respect between the various religious faiths in Gujarat was so great that different persons of the same family living in the same house professed either Jainism, Vaisnavism or Saivism. The Jain spirit of Ahimsă and the deep devotion of Vaisnavism have for centuries permeated the life of Gujarat, ultimately it produced the greatest personality--Mahatma Gandhi.
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Moti CHANDRA---Presidential Address, Sec. I (Upto 711 A.D.) (I. A. Cong. 17th Sess., Ahmedabad), 1954.
Pp. 41-44. Historical traditions : Jain traditions : legend of Kuņāla, son of Asoka and grandson of Chandragupta ; Kuņāla's son Samprati became the upāsaka of the Sramaņas; legend of Samprati breathes the same spirit of tolerance and well-being as the inscriptions of Asoka; Samprati re-established the declining Maurya empire in Andhra-desa, Mahārashtra and Coorg.
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