Which of the following is the birthplace of Lord Mahavira in early 6th century BC?

Correct option is A

The correct answer is (a) Vaishali.

Explanation: Mahavira was born in the year 540 B.C., in a place called Kundagrama, near Vaishali in present-day Bihar.

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• Vardhamana, also known as Mahavira, is the teacher who is credited with creating Jainism, a nontheistic religion that originated in India in the 6th and 5th century BCE and offered members a disciplined road to spiritual emancipation.
• Mahavira was born into a noble Kshatriya family in ancient India in the early 6th century BCE.
• Trishala was his mother's name, and Siddhartha was his father's. They were Parshvanatha's lay devotees.
• At the age of roughly 30, Mahavira gave up all of his worldly assets and left home in search of spiritual enlightenment, becoming an ascetic.
• He lived in luxury at his parents' mansion until they died just before he turned 30.
• He resigned his status and fortune and fled his kingdom to live as an ascetic in the woods following this occurrence.
• He fasted to extremes, exposed himself to the elements, mortified the flesh, and refused to give in to any temptation to abandon his quest for enlightenment.
• He attained complete omniscience at the age of 43 while sitting beneath a Sala tree after 12 years of ascetic discipline.
• Vardhamana's story is first recorded 300 years after his death, in the Acaranga (3rd-2nd century BCE).
• He is also known as Nayaputta.