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# Harinaigameshin, Devananda and Mahavira

The Kalpasutra (Book of Rituals) is the most important canonical text in Jain literature for the Svetambaras (white-clad), one of the two sects of Jainism. Jainism is one of the oldest religions to have survived until the present time and its basic teaching is one of non-violence.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1450–1499 CE

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