Nature was in its full bloom, heralding the dawn of an auspicious event.. ..BIRTH. Mahavir was born in the year 599 B.C.E. on Saturday, 19 March (the 13th day of the bright half of the moon in the month of Caitra) at Kundagram, near Vaishali in Bihar. Kundagram was a republic of the Jftatri Kshatriyas.Mahavir's father, king Siddhartha was the head of the State. His mother Trishala, also called Priyakarini was the sister or daughter of Cetak, the ...