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of Magadha. Historians who accept the "Short Chronology" for Gautama Buddha's lifetime (ca. 480-400 BCE), argue that the traditional dates for Mahavira also are too early, by as much as one century, since Mahavira and Buddha were contemporaries. Dundas suggests that Mahavira may have died "around 425 BCE, or a few years after", and Long suggests "c.499-427 BCE" as his approximate lifespan.

Role in Jainism

Jain-accounts: successor

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