- Mahavira preached Jainism for about 30 years and died at Pava in 527 BC
- Mahavira was the last Tirthakaras
- King Nebuchadnezzar was living in the 10th century BC
- Lord Mahavira slightly elder contemporary of Buddha who probably lived about 567- 487 BC
- Jain religion was split up, the Digambara and Shvetambars, about 600 years after Nirvan of Lord Mahavira