1.Previous
3.Next

of Middle Indo-Aryan language is attested in the inscriptions of Ashoka (c. 260 BCE), as well as in the earliest forms of Pali, the language of the Theravada Buddhist canon. The most prominent form of Prakrit is Ardhamagadhi, associated with the ancient kingdom of Magadha, in modern Bihar, and the subsequent Mauryan Empire. Mahavira, the 24th and last Tirthankara of Jainism,

1.Previous
3.Next