ICSE Class 6 History & Civics
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Mahavira and Buddha — Great Preachers — Question 5
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Give three causes for the decline of Jainism.
The main reasons of the decline of Jainism were the following:
- Jainism was not patronized by the contemporary rulers.
- Jainism had to compete with Buddhism which became more popular.
- Jainism advocated equality of men but it could not totally do away with the high and low position in society.