INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chandragupta Mauryan adopted Jainism and he performed Jain ritual Santhara in the last days of his life. During his reign, Jainism was divided into two sects-Shvetambara and Digambara.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chandragupta abdicated his throne and became a Jain monk, traveled away from his empire to South India and undertook sallekhana.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jainism was patronised by the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most illustrious of those few individuals who have achieved enlightenment are called Jina (literally, “Conqueror”), and the tradition’s monastic and lay adherents are called Jain (“Follower of the Conquerors”), or Jaina.