This book concentrates on the origin of Jainism in north India and its evolution during 800 BC to CE 526 when, not yet crystallized into a set structure and codified into religious books, it retained a genuineness. This reprinted volume is now offered in a fresh state-of-the-art typeset. The photographs are improved versions of the earlier ones with more luster and colour. Based on the original study of Jaina sources and involving criticism of ...