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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Asoka's early faith was rather that of Jainism.
P. 512. Samprati is mentioned in the Jain tradition as a convert of their patriarch Suhastin.
P. 526. Mathura was a stronghold both of the worship of Krisna and of Jainism.
P. 532. The Jain story of Kalaka.
Pp. 534-637. Caves for the use of the Jain ascetics of Udaygiri-Hathigumpha and Kharavela.
Pp. 697-703.
Chronology.
B.C. 540-468. Vardhamana Nätaputra, Mahavira.
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Traditional date 600-528 B.C. Parsva, the predecessor of Mahavira as Tirthankara, is said to have died 250 years before him.
B.C. 321-184. The Maurya dynasty.
B.C. 321-296. Chandragupta.
The Jain authorities give the year of his accession as 313 (312) B.C. a date at which the canon of the Jain scriptures was fixed. Megasthenes at the court of Chandragupta. C. 300 B.c.
Bindusära or Amitrochates, successor of Chandragupta: his reign variously stated as of 25, 27 or 28 years.
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K. V. Subrahmanya AYYAR-Notes on Kalinga History. (QJMS, xii, 1922, Pp. 247-260).
Pp. 258-259. In the 13th year of his reign, Kharavela erected pillars etc., on the Kumāriparvata (i.e. Khandagiri) and improved the tomb shrine (Nisidhika) of certain Jain monks (Arhats)-A cave for the Jain monks of Kalinga established by his chief queen.
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Harit Krisna DEB-Vikramaditya and his era. (Zeitschrift fur Indologie und Iranistik, Leipzig. i, Pp. 250-402, 1922).
Pp. 299-301. Jain chronology and the evidence of inscriptions.
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