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Dr. H. Zimmer in his book "The Philosophies of India speaks of Jainism: as the oldest of NOIH Atyan group. He calls it *Pro-Aryan". (P 60). Dr. Zimmer believed "That there is truth in the Jain idea that their religion goes back to remote antiquity in question being that of the pre-Aryan, so called Dravidian period, which has recently been dramatically disillusioned by the discovery of a series of great Late Stone Age cities in the Indus Valley, dating from the third and even perhaps fourth millennium B. C. (Cf. Ernest Mackay, The Indus Civili. zation London, 1935; also Zimmer, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization p. 93h"_videPhilosophies of India, by Henrich Zimmer p 60.) He further observes-"Jainism does not derive from Brahminism.-Aryan sources reflect the cosmology and anthropology of a much older pre-Aryan upper class of North-Eastern India" (p. 210).
The renowned Jain scholar Prof. A. Chakra. varty's researches have brought to light priceless material which proves the most ancient nature of Jain thought. When the Aryan invaders had come to India, the Dravidians, who inhabited this land vehemently opposed them. The Rigveda Aryan thinkers refer to these Anti-Aryan Dravidians as enemies and, therefore, called them in uncomplimentary terms. These were called "Dasyus.' The Aryan god Indra is hailed as Dasyuhatya, slaughterer of Dasyus. These enemies were styled as “Ayaivan-uon sacrificing, Akarman' without rites, Ade
