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Essay on Mahavira Vardhamana

Mahavira Vardhamana to whom Jainism owes its establishment as a religion probably lived from 540 to 468, B.C. According to Jaina tradition there were altogether twenty-four Tirthankaras that is, ford-makers or prophets, Mahavira being the twenty-fourth. The religious sect which came to be known as Jainism after the name of Mahavira Jina seems to have been in existence from some [...]

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Essay on Indus Civilisation

The Indus Civilisation: In the third millennium before Christ a civilisation flourished in north-west India which derived its name from the Indus, the main river of the region. It is known as the Indus Civilisation or Harappa Culture as archaeologists call it from modern name of the site of one of its two great cities—Harappa. In 1924 scholars on history [...]

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Essay on Jainism in India

Jainism has great antiquity. According to the Jains their religion originated in the remotest ages. They believed that Mahavira, the last Tirthankara was preceded by twenty-three other prophets. Mahavira was the twenty-fourth one. The historicity of the first twenty-two Tirthankaras starting from Rishabhnath to Neminath is doubtful. They are all shadowy figures wrapped up in mythology. The twenty-third Tirthankar Parsvanath [...]

By |2015-08-08T09:08:07+05:30January 16, 2015|Essay|Comments Off on Essay on Jainism in India
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