Religion in Classical India

There are 3 doctrines that came upon Indian History that tried to established Cultural order. They were Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism.
Jainist doctrines first appeared during the seventh century b.c., they became popular only when the greater teacher Vardhamana Mahavira turned to Jainism in the late sixth century b.c. Mahavira expuonded his thought to a group of dedicated disciples who formed a monastic order to perpetuate and spread his message. These disciples refer to him as Jina ("the conqueror"), and borrowing from this title his followers referred to them selves as Jains. Jains believed that everything in the universe: humans, animals, plants, bodies of water, and even inanimate phisical objects such as rocks possessed a soul.They were very careful in their movements, they also tried not to make any sudden moves, because they didn't want to harm any living thing or or physical object that may have a soul. …