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Who was the founder of Jainism in India?

A. Gautama

B. Mahavira

C. Chandra Gupta

D. Ashoka

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Jains revere him as the twenty-fourth and last tirthankara of present cosmic age. Though, Mahavira is sometimes mistakenly regarded as the founder, he appears in the tradition as one who, from the beginning, had followed a religion established long ago.

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