This work based on the study of vast mass of Jain canonical literature which is not yet critically edited and remains unknown, is a valuable study pertaining to social, political, economic, administrative and geographical conditions in ancient India during the period of Mahavira and the subsequent era. It covers the period of more than two thousand years based on canonical texts and commentaries. Its value is enhanced as it presents a comparative study of Buddhist and Brahmanic texts of the age. It is a source book indispensable to all scholars working in the field of ancient Indian history and sociology. It will help readers to have a thorough understanding of Indian Culture through Jain sources and visualize the concept of unity in diversity leading to culture integrity.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jagdish Chandra Jain
Dr. Jagdishchandra Jain (b.1909), a veteran and internationally reputed author, is an eminent scholar of Prakrit and Jainism. He has been a Research Professor in the Department of Indology, University of Kiel (Federal Republic of Germany) and a Professor of Hindi in Peking, Republic of China. He was a Professor and research guide in Prakrit and Jainism in the Vaishali Institute of prakrit, Jainism and Ahimsa (Government of Bihar), and Head of the Department of Hindi and Professor of Sanskrit and Prakrit in the Ramnarain Ruia College, University of Bombay. He was invited to deliver lecture on ancient Indian Culture in the U.S.A., Canada and Latin America. He is widely travelled and has delivered lectures in the L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad; Department of Jainology, University of Dharwad, Karnataka University; Department of Buddhist studies, university of Delhi. Besides being an author of over 70 books on a variety of subjects, he has contributed numerous research papers in Indian and foreign reputed oriental journals. Some of his outstanding works include : The vasudevahindi - An Authentic jain Version of the Brhatkatha; Prakrit narrative Literature : Origin and Growth (Sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research); Life in Ancient India as Depicted in Jaina Canon and Commentaries (enlarged Revised edition); Seven Pearls of Wisdom; Prakrit Sahitya Ka Itihas (Hindi, received Uttar Pradesh Govt. Award; revised second edition); Bhagwan Mahavir (Hindi, Kannada and Oriya edutions);Soviet Roos Pita ke Patron me (Soviet Land Nehru Award-winner); History and Development of Prakrit Literature (Soon to be Published).
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