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VAISALI |
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| " There
could be no doubt that the personality and preaching, of Mahavira rapidly built up Vaisali
as a centre of Jainism and of the spiritual discipline and asceticism upon which it was
based. Vaisali thus achieved an early reputation in the religious world of India for its
teachers devoted to the practice of uttermost penance and austerity of which Mahavira
stood out as the most prominentexample". This
Lichchavi capital of Vaisali was commonly known as Basarh and continued in comparative
oblivion till 1903 when the Department of Archaeology sponsored a series of excavations.
Dr. Bloch carried out the first excavations from 1903 and Dr. Spooner continued this work
in 1912. Through the efforts of the Archaeological Department a large number of terracotta
figurines, pieces of pottery, inscribed seals etc. have been found at Vaisali. |
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