time between Mahavira and Parshvanath, when Parshvanatha's teachings are followed and applied by Jains) was 250 years, which is the smallest difference between two Tirthankaras in this Avasarpiṇī.
[3] Deepvijay Kaviraaj's Mahavir Swami nu Halardu, a musical lullaby composed in the late 18th or early 19th century, describes Trishala singing it for Mahavira.
Even though they merged into Mahavira's congregation, Upkeśa Gaccha always maintained its unique identity of tracing its monastic lineage to Parshvanatha.
[5] In 457 BC, 70 years after Mahavira attained nirvana, Ratnaprabhasuri, the then head of this monastic lineage won the debate against Brahmins who advocated animal sacrifice in the name of religion at Upkeśapattan.
According to the English translation of Vijayanandsuri's Ajnāna-timira-bhāskara by indologist and professor A. F. Rudolph Hoernle,[1] the monastic lineage of the heads of this gaccha is found to be as follows: -