Most of text in books and online articles refers to beginning of Jainism around 600 B.C. and founded by Lord Mahavir. Then there are some other references saying Lord Mahavir was 24th Thirthankar (God). Below mentioned are few such references available online. 877–777 BCE Parshva, 23rd Tirthankar of Jainism 599–527 BCE Mahavira, 24th and last …
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BBC Documentary on “What The Ancient Indians Did For The World”
An amazing video covering such unique aspects of ancient India. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcNUyuBelME One of the Last Water Clock in The Jain Temple named Chandravati. This was last seen in 1994. Below mentioned video would start from Water Clock reference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qcNUyuBelME&t=266
BBC talk on Contribution of Indians to the Mathematical World
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0038xb0 – Invention of zero – Aryabhatta giving Cryptographic patterns. – Lilavati – Besides many topics that have been covered, one common thing is that every topic ends with feeling of amazement that how Indian did that in ancient time. Below mentioned video would talk about Jain religion having references of very large numbers and …
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