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about 25,000 years ago. Its owner must have been contemporary with the huge pre-historic animals of that time, accepting for the moment the western scientific view. The skull is small, brown, badly damaged and partly fossilised. Hindu chronology, which was scoffed at by the civilisation of the west, where, until lately, the world was believed to be only 6,000 years old, is, from time to time, partially justified by geological and anthropological discoveries. Its statements as to the length of the world's existence as a globe are consistent with geological research, and the existence of man is being pushed further and further back as knowledge accumulates. Hindus can wait, possessing their souls in patience, until further researches throw back, yet further, his antiquity. (Commonweal, October 30th, 1914).
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We are extremely grieved to hear of the untimely death of Dana-Veer Seth Rai Chand-maljee of Ajmere, which sad event happened on the 4th October. He was the General Secretary of the All-India Sthanakvasi Jain Conference. This has been a bad and a sad year for the Jain Community. We offer our sincere condolence to the family members of the noble Seth.
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We are much gratified to quote the following from the "New India," Madras, dated the 12th September, 1914A Moslem Jain,
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"Allibhai, a Khoja Mahomedan from Rajkot, observes Jain rules of Religion and he is very much honoured in and about Rajkot for his ascetic life. He has expressed a desire that his body, after his death, should be cremated according to the Jaina System and all the Jain people have acceded to his request.". "New India' Daily-edited by Mrs. Annie Besant.
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What would our non-progressive brethren say now. It is impossible to imprison Jainism and keep it "cabined cripped and confined" within the fold of the self-styled "ShuddhAmnaya" people.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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