Jainism in Bihar

Author(s): P C Roy Choudhary
Publisher: P C Roy Choudhary Patna

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Arraba (Adra) and his contemporary Trilochan Goswami from the soutb spread Vaisnavism on the religiously fertile soil of Manbhum and were able to convert the great Panchkotraj, the premier chief in the district, from Sbaktaism to Vaisnavism some years before the great movement of 1857. These are some of the probable reasons why the ancient relics of Jainism in Chotapagpur, some of them thousands of years old, are now lying neglected in different parts. The reasons that have been particularly mentioned about Manbbum district also apply to a great extent to the districts of Hazaribagh and Singhbhum in Chotanagpur. But, nevertheless, these are some tentative suggestions which could be usefully followed up by the Research scholar.
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