Inscription of Nebuchadnazzar I (not of bible fame) in Jain temple of Kathiawar

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Inscription of Nebuchadnazzar I (not of bible fame) in Jain temple of Kathiawar in Gujrat

The literary evidence seems to be supported by an epigraphic evidence.1 In Kathiawar, a copper plate has been discovered on which there is an inscription. The king Nebuchadnazzar (940 B. C.) who was also the lord of Reva-nagara (in Kathiawar OF Gujrat) and who belonged to Sumer tribe, has come to the lace (Dwarka) of the Yaduraja. He has built a temple and paid homage and made the grant perpetual in favour of Lord Neminatha, the paramount deity of Mt. Raivata. This inscription is of great historical importance. The king named Nebuchadnazzar was living in the 10th century B. C. It indicates that even in the tenth century B.C. there was the worship of the temple of Neminatha the 22nd. Tirthankara of the Jains. It goes to prove the historicity of Neminatha.

Thus, there seems to be little doubt about Neminatha as a historical figure but there is some difficulty in fixing his date. He is said to be the contemporary of Krishna the hero of Mahabharata. The scholars differ in their opinions as to the exact date of the Mahabharata which vary from 950 B.C. to 30002 B.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neminatha

Nebuchadnazzar (940 B. C.) was Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon and not Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon mentioned in Bible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadrezzar_I

List of all Nebuchadnazzar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar