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A Map of Mahavira Travels
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The journey to Sindhu-sauvira was very difficult, involving travel in desert areas and hard country, but Mahâvîra went to the place in order to give to king Udayana diksha as a 'Sramanopsaka". Returning from Sindhu-sauvira, he spent the rainy season at Vanijyagrant.
After the rainy season, a visit was paid to Benares and certain other places in the Kingdom of Kashi, where numerous followers were gained for the Join church. For the rainy season, the Lord returned to Rajgraha. At Rajgrha he spent a highly fruitful season, King Srenika had proclaimed that he would personally undertake to feed and otherwise overlook the dependents of anybody who desired to join Mahâvîra's order of monks. As a result of this proclamation, thousands of people joined the order and Mahâvîra stayed on at Rajgrha giving diksa to the comers for sometime even after the finishing of the rainy season. Enraged, probably at the success of Lord Mahâvîra's ministry, Gosala Mankhaliputr began his public criticism of Mahâvîra's faith, although unsuccessfully in the course of an argument with Ardraka, a monk of Mahâvîra's order. The rainy season was spent by Mahâvîra again at Rajgrha.
Having spent two rainy seasons at Rajgrha, Mahâvîra proceeded towards Vatsa country, visiting on the way Alabhiya in the kingdom of Kashi. At Kausambi he converted queen Mrgavati and several queens of Canda Pradyota. From here he proceeded towards Videha, and spent the rainy season at Vaisali.
On the completion of the rainy season he went to Mithila, thence to Kakandi, Sravasti and the republics of the west, and made numerous conversions. The rainy season was passed at Vanijyagrama.
From here Mahâvîra proceeded after the rainy season in Magadha where there was the famous meeting between his followers and the monk's of Parsava's/ order. As a result of discussion of the several points of difference between the practices of the two orders, Mahavira's leadership of the Jain community was accepted by all. The rainy season was spent at Rajgrha.
From Rajgrha, Mahâvîra repaired at the end of the season to the western kingdoms but returned to Vanijyagrama for spending the next rainy season. The next year was marked by the occurence of the first schism in the community, when Jamali
