Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c5.s3.21
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c5.s3.21
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c5.s3.21
During the life time of Mahāvīra, Jainism could make only a small headway and it does not seem to have spread beyond the boundaries of Aṅga and Magadha where the Teacher principally dwelt and preached but later on, after the death of Mahāvīra, his followers and successors succeeded in popularising the faith to a much greater degree, so that it did not fail to enjoin the support of kings as well as commoners.