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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mahavira was born in ____ century
A
6th
B
5th
C
4th
D
7th
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mahavira was born in the year 540 B.C., in a place called Kundagrama, near Vaishali in present-day Bihar.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -It is believed that the Mahavira passed away and attained moksha (liberation from the cycle of birth and death) at the age of 72 in 468 BC at a place called Pavapuri near modern Rajgir in Bihar.

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