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isciples and other Jain saints, kings, traders, etc as they have disappeared without leaving any trace. However, it is possible if a detailed tour of the area covered by Mahāvıra's cârikā is made, that by the bits of information supplcd by the Jain texts, one may be able to thiow further light on their identifications For the present, however, whatever infor
mation was available about these place-names from the Jain canons, Have been recorded. Berthi At several places in common with the Purānas there are lists of the Non-Aryan countries; Non-Aryan 11 this sense must be understood by Those who had not come under the sphere of Jain influence. These lists Våre very important, though unfortunately the text is become so coriupt that nothing can be made out of majority of the geographical place-names in the names of the tribes which they hide under their corrupt texts. It would be really a great boon to indologists if some Jain scholar were to Stake up the scientific cdition of these lists. For the present, however, one has to be content with whatever is at our disposal.
