WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Mahavira, the last Tirthankar of Jainism, was born in Kundupur near Vaishali. The father of Mahavira was King Siddartha and his mother Trishala was the sister of King Chetaka of Vaishali. Since the wealth of his father’s kingdom had increased during the pregnancy, the child was called Vardhaman.