Jain The Jaina sources of the history of ancient India

100 BC-AD 900

Munshi Ram Manohar Lal, 1964, 1° ed, 321p, hardcover met stofomslag, goede staat

Contents Preface. Introduction. 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. Appendices 1. Dynastic chronology from Mahavira's Nirvana to ME 1000. 2. Pontifical genealogy of Mahavira's successors. 3. Chronology (100 B.C. A.D. 900). Bibliography. Index.