Mahāvīra
c. 599 BCE – 527 BCElived
Vaishali, Vajjika League
- Jainism
Contemporary of the Buddha who taught that every claim is true only from a standpoint, and that non-violence extends to beings most traditions never thought to consider.
Known for
- ahimsa
- anekantavada (many-sidedness)
- karma as physical
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.