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6th-century BC Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty
Nandivardhana was a Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the ruler of the Nata, Ainwar(Light), Gyat or Jnatri clan in Kshatriya Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali (Basarh in modern-day Bihar ).[1] [2] He was the elder brother of Mahavira , the 24th Jain Tirthankara . His father was Siddhartha .[3]
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^ a b Mahāprajña, Acharya (1974). Shraman Mahavira (PDF) . Ladnun: Jain Vishwa Bharati Prakashan. pp. 7, 8.
^ Sunavala, A. J. (2014-01-02). Adarsha Sadhu . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-62386-6 .
^ Chandanaji, Acharya. Walk With Me - The Story of Mahavir: A Remarkable Revolutionary: Acharya Chandanaji, Vastupal Parikh, PhD.: 9780968986370: Books: Amazon.com . Toronto.