Index

INTRODUCTION

ORIGINS

Legendary History

Life of Parshva

Life of Vardhamana Mahavira

The Jain Church After Mahavira

Extension of Jainism -Early Period

The Schisms

History of the Digambaras

Yapaniyas

Svetambaras

EPILOGUE

Canonical Literature of the Shwetambaras

Sacred Books of the Digambaras

The Tirthankaras

The Sthaviravali of the Kalpa Sutra

Sthaviravali of the NandiSutra

The Pattavali (List of Pontiffs) of the (Shvetambara)

The Pattavali (List of Pontiffs) of the (Digambara)