INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Vardhamana Mahavira was born in 599 BCE at Kundagrama near Vaishali. His mother was a Lichchavi princess named Trishala and Siddhartha, his father, was a ruler of the Nata, or Jnatri clan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mahavira was born in the year 540 B.C., in a place called Kundagrama, near Vaishali in present-day Bihar. He was the founder of Jainism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vardhamana Mahavira was born in 540 B.C. at Kundagram (now Basokund) near Vaisali in Bihar. At the age of 72 in 468 BC, he attained Nirvana at Pavapuri (Nalanda).

Detailed explanation-4: -Although tradition dictates that Mahavira was born about 599 bce, many scholars believe this date to be as much as 100 years early, in that Mahavira probably lived at about the same time as the Buddha, whose traditional birth date has also been reassessed.