According to the Jain accounts a terrible famine ravaged North India in the time of ……………… and lasted for twelve years.

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• When the famine ended, the emigrants came back to the North and found that the Jains who remained in North India had given up their original strict Jain way of life.They were condemned by the followers of ………………. as heretics.
• Half of the Jain community lead by their saints Badrabahu moved and
• The Jain tradition regards ………….. as the founder of Jainism.
• There is good archaeological evidence to show that in the centuries following 2000 B.C, north-west India was invaded by some tribes from the west.They were called …………...
• In the age of the ……………., 16 large states called Mahajanapadas were flourishing in North India.
• ‘Indica’ is the accounts on India prepared by …………….
• But in recent years, archaeologists have made use of scientific tests like carbon test and fixed the period of ……………. civilization from 2300 to 1750 B.C.
• The period from the 6th century B.C. onwards witnessed the emergence of the cities in ancient India for the second time, the first being the ……………. cities.
• Harappan Culture spread over various parts of Northern and Central India like Rupar and Bara in the east Punjab, Alamgirpur near Meerut in U.P. and Ragpur and Lothal in …………….
• According to ……………… the ‘Noble Eight fold path’ is the means to over come desire and get liberation from birth and rebirth.