• Jainism was spread in South India under the leadership of Sthalabahu

  • In the initial stage of Jainism, the Jains worshipped images unlike Buddhist.

  • The Jains who remained under the leadership of council held at Pataliputra.

  • Jainism enjoyed the patronage of the Kalinga King Kharavela in the first century BC


Jainism enjoyed the patronage of the Kalinga King Kharavela in the first century BC