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Ancient India - Mahavira

Time: 599 BC

Place: Indian subcontinent (Present-Day Vaishali, Bihar, India)

Details: Mahavira, also known as Vardhamana, was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6th century BCE into a royal Jain family in Bihar, India. His mother's name was Trishala and his father's name was Siddhartha.

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