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________________ संयुक्त प्रान्त [ et " 'मुझे पूर्ण विश्वाल है कि अलाहाबाद जिले के कोसम नामक ग्राम के खण्डहर इत्यादि बहुतायत से जैन स्मारक सिद्ध होंगे, न कि बौद्ध, जैसा कि कनिंघम ने अनुमान किया था । यह ग्राम निश्चय से जैन कौशाम्बी है। जिस स्थान पर मन्दिर बने हैं वह अब भी महाबीर के उपासकों (जैनियों ) का तीर्थ-स्थान है । मैंने बौद्धों की कौशाम्बी अन्यत्र रही है, इसका ठीक ठीक कारण बतला दिया है । मैं कौशाम्बी के प्राचीन स्मारकों का जैन समाज द्वारा विशेष रूप से अध्ययन किये जाने की सम्मति देता हूं। " जैनियों द्वारा खोज के सम्बन्ध में स्मिथ साहच के विचार ध्यान देने और कार्य में परिणत करने के योग्य है । उनकी राय में † "The field for exploration is vast, At the present day the adherents of the Jain religion are mostly to be found in Rajputana and Western India. But it was not always so. In olden days the creed of Mahavira was far more widely diffused than it is now. In the 7th century A D, for instance, that creed had numerous followers in Vaisal1 { Basenti, north of Patna ) and in Eastern Bengal, localities where its adherents are now extermely few. I have myself seen abundant evidences of the former prevalence of Jainism in Bundelkhand during the mediaeval period especially in the 11th and the 12th centuries. Jain images in that country are numerous in places where a Jain is now never seen. Further south, in the Deccan, and the Tamil countries, Jainism was, for centuries, a great and ruling power in regions where it is now almost unknown. 33
SR No.010047
Book TitleJain Itihas ki Purva pithika aur Hamara Abhyutthana
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorHiralal Jain
PublisherHindi Granthratna Karyalaya
Publication Year1939
Total Pages47
LanguageHindi
ClassificationBook_Devnagari
File Size2 MB
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