The Jaina Sources of the History of Ancient India (100 BC-AD 900)
Jain, Jyoti Prasad
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Book ID : 15251
ISBN-10 : 81-215-1140-2 / 8121511402
ISBN-13 : 978-81-215-1140-7 / 9788121511407
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2005
Edition : (Second Edition)
Language : English
xvii, 222p., App., Bib., Index, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. The Jaina Sources of History; 2. The Date of Mahavira's Nirvana; 3. The Vikrama Era; 4. The Saka Era; 5. The Earlier Saka Era; 6. The Sarasvati Movement; 7. The Pioneers and Early Authors; 8. The Great Masters; 9. The Age of the Logicians; 10. Authors of the Rastrakuta Age; 11. The Later Political, Historical and Story Literature; 12. Cultural Contribution of the Jainas.
DESCRIPTION
The contribution of the Jaina sources to the making of the history of our great nation, during the epoch-making millennium of 100 BC to AD 900, is of vital importance. But it has only lacked proper research and application. This book presents a brief survey of the more important sources, particularly literary ones, and a discussion of certain fundamental problems such as the dates of Mahavira and of the beginning of the Earlier Saka, Vikrama, and Saka eras, as well as the dates of important jaina authors and their works and thus clear much of the fog that masks Indian chronology, both political and cultural.
