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Timeline of Jainism
| 5th cent. BCE | Life of Mahavira, the founder of Jainism. |
| 3rd cent. BCE | A Jain community forms in the trading center of Mathura. |
| c. 4th-5th cent. CE | Umasvati codifies Jain texts in the Tattvartha Sutra. |
| 5th cent. | Schism occurs, forming the Svetambara and Digambara sects. |
| 9th-11th cent. | Digambara Jainism is frequently supported by south Indian royalty. |
| 12th cent. | Hemacandra, a Svetambara monk, is tutor to the rulers Siddharaja and his nephew Kumarapala. |
| 17th cent. | The iconoclastic Sthanakvasis sect emerges. |
| 18th-19th cent. | Decline of image-worshipping ascetic communities. |
| 21st cent. | Revival of asceticism and development of mystical sects. Many Jains emigrate to East Africa, the United Kingdom and North America. |
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