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cntly to warrant mv cfying that the contribution which the Jainas have made to the Indian culture is something unique. I personally believe that if Jainism had kept its hold firmly in India, we would bave had a more united India and certainly a greater India than today",
Mahatma Gandhi and Lokyamanya Tilak had also expressed same views on many occasions about Jainism. acknowledging the antiquity, behevolence of its high ethics and profundity of its logic and spiritual philosophy.