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Diaries of Sir William Erskine. (JBBRAS, 1922, XXV, 1922, pp. 373-409).
(1) Journey to Ellora, 1820, and (2) Journey in Gujarat, 1822
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P. 407. An underground Jain temple in Cambay.
P. 408. Sir William's visit to the celebrated Jain temple in Gujarat, the most complete temple he has seen; no Jains here now, not even one priest or Yati. The temple is kept and shewn by a Brahmanical Hindu. It is supported by contributions from the Jains at Jumboosur and Kathiawad.
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PARGITER, F. E. Ancient Indian Historical Tradition.
London, 1922.
P. 37. Description of the Arhats (Jains and Buddhists).
P. 68. Mythological story about the Buddhists and Jains-Their struggle with Brāhmaṇism.
P. 291. Buddhists and Jains treated as asuras and daityas (terms of hatred, etc.,) by the Hindus.
P. 334. Buddhism and Jainism challenging the supremacy of the Brāhmaṇas about the beginning of the seventh century B.C.
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SINGH, SHYAM NARAYAN. History of Tirhut, etc. Calcutta, 1922.
Pp. vii-viii. Mahāvīra, the Jain leader and taken as a Ksatriya, was related to the Lichchhavis.
Pp. 41-42. Mithila and Vaiśāli closely associated with the names of Buddha and of Mahāvīra Vardhamāna-Mahāvīra or Vardhamana, a native of Vaiśāli and therefore called the Vaiśäliya or NätaputtaHis father Siddhartha married a daughter of Cetaka, king of Vaišāli—
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