Question

Mahavira was born in the year of _______
A. 450 A.D.
B. 995 B.C.
C. 599 B.C.
D. 456 B.C.

Answer 1

C. 599 B.C...............................

Answer 2

Mahavira was born into a royal family in what is now Bihar, India, in either 599 BC[1] or 480 BC. At the age of 30, he left his home in pursuit of spiritual awakening, and abandoned worldly things, including his clothes, and became a Jain monk. For the next twelve-and-a-half years, Mahavira practiced intense meditation and severe penance, after which he became kevalī (omniscient)