Mahvira

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Buddha was not the only religious reformer. Mahavira, who the last guru of the Jains, died around 477 BC. He was Buddha's contemporary. Jainism is an extreme form of Buddhism that believes that everything has a soul, and practices include non-violence and being vegetarian.

Sources: Manual page 141, Jainworld: [1], and the picture: [2]

By Simon Jernigan