History of भगवान श्री पार्श्वनाथ After Lord Arishtanemi (Neminath), the twenty-third Tirthankara became Shri Parshvanath. Your time is 9th-10th century BC. You were born two hundred and fifty years before Lord Mahavir. On the basis of historical research, the scholars of today's historical subject have started considering Lord Parshwanath as a historical man. Major General Furlong has written after historical research - "In that period, in the whole of North India, there was such a very systematic, philosophical, virtuous and ascetic religion, that is, Jainism, from the very foundation of which Brahmin and Buddhist religions were sannyas." Developed later. Even before the Aryans reached the banks of the Ganges and Saraswati, about twenty-two prominent saints or Tirthankaras had preached to the Jains, after whom the Parsvas came and had the knowledge of all their former Tirthankaras or holy sages who big time. Renowned Western scholars like Dr. Hermann Jacobi also consi
ains trace their history through twenty-four tirthankara and revere Rishabhanatha as the first tirthankara, The two main sects of Jainism, the Digambara and the Shvetaambar