Book Title: Prolegomena to Prakritica et Jainica
Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Asiatic Society

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________________ BANERJEE : DEVELOPMENT OF JAIN LITERATURE 201 800-700 B.C. 700-600 B.C. 600-500 B.C. 563-483 B.C. 542-480 B.C. 490-458 B.C. 465 B.C. 365 B.C.-357 B.C. Āranyakas The period of Upanisads : The beginning of atmavidya. The birth of Lord Vardhamāna Mahāvira (599 B.C.) and Nirvāņa (527 B.C.) The Ājivikas, Gosāla Mankhaliputra. Gautama Buddha Bimbisāra, King of Magadha. Ajātasatru, King of Magadha. Gautama, Sudharmă and Jambūsvāmi were the propagators and they all attained Nirvāņa. There were five śruta-kevalins : Vişnunandi, Nandimitra, Aparājita, Govardhana and Bhadrabahu, Bhadrabahu-Kalpasutra, Niryukti. Invasion of India by Alexander Rise of the Maurya Dynasty : The Period of the Maurya Chandragupta (322-298 B.C.) Thera Bhadrabahu was the head of the community. During the famine, Thera Bhadrabahu went to the south and Sthulabhadra remained in Magadha. Origin of two sects. Jain date of the year of Chadragupta's accession, probably as a ruler of Avanti. Bindusara. The Reign of Asoka. Asokan edicts. The literature of Asokan Prakrits. Rise of the Dynasty of Puşyamitra Sunga 327-324 B.C. 324-298 B.C. 318-17 B.C. 313 B.C. 298-273 B.C. 273-232 B.C. 187.147 B.C.

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