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Appendix 1. The Early Events
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97: Many Oshwals fled following a great calamity, which took place in Upkesh Patan (Oshiya Nagari), because Sachiya Devi (goddess) became very angry as people cut off the knots present on the thighs of Lord Mahavir's image. To calm the anger of Devi, Acharya Kakk Suri was invited to perform the Snatra Puja (The ritualistic worship and sacred bathing of the Jina).
17: As per the wishes of Acharya Kalak and with the help of Shakas, his followers assassinated the king Gardbhil of Ujjaini and rescued and brought safely back Kalak's sister nun Sarasvati. The monastic society of Kalak came to be known as the Bhavada gachha. The people of the Upkesh sect in Northern and Sindh province came to be known as the Bhavda gachha. Even now in the Punjab people of the Bhavda Oshwal sect are found.
The time is Vikram Samvat (for A.D. deduct 57).
0: King Vikramaditiya defeated Shakas and become the Emperor. This was the beginning of the Vikram Samvat era.
108 or 187: The Oshwal Shresthi Javad Shah, son of Bhavad Shah donated money for thirteenth restoration of Shatrunjay tirth. (According to Dhaneshvar Suri restoration took place in 187).
136/139: Division of the Jain Society into the Digamber and the Svetamber sects.
222: Upkesh Shresthi Jaga Shah, son of Deshal of Abha Nagri, undertook a pilgrimage to Shatrunjay. (Based on the story told by bards/minstrels).
280: Many people of the Bhavda Oshwal sect were dying because of an epidemic of plague in Takshashilla and in
