GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Mahavira
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Sisunaga
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Rishabha
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Gautama
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mahavira is erroneously called the founder of Jainism, but Jains believe that the 23 previous tirthankaras also espoused it. Mahavira is placed in Parshvanatha’s lineage as his spiritual successor and ultimate leader of shraman sangha. Parshvanatha was born 273 years before Mahavira.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vardhamana Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, was born in 540 B.C. in a village called Kundagrama near Vaishali. He belonged to Jnatrika clan and was connected to the royal family of Magadha.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gautama Buddha and Mahavira are the two greatest preachers in Indian history. Gautama Buddha, known as Siddhartha in his pre-Enlightenment days, is the founder of Buddhism. On the other hand, Mahavira is one of the founders of Jainism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Parshvanatha, also called Parshva, the 23rd Tirthankara (“Ford-maker, ‘’ i.e., saviour) of the present age, according to Jainism, a religion of India. Parshvanatha was the first Tirthankara for whom there is historical evidence, but this evidence is intricately interwoven with legend.