BOOK SUMMARY OF AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAMMAR OF THE TIBETAN LANGUAGE
From the time of the Mauryas Jainism was an important factor in the religious
life of the area formerly known as Mysore (now Karnataka). The Jains were
pioneers in the development of the kannada language, and they contributed
greatly to many aspects of the cultural life of the region. This work is the
result of the research (for Ph.D thesis of the author) into the religious
history of the Jainas in Karnataka who dominated the political and cultural life
of Karnataka for about one thousand years during the early medieval period.
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