Ascetic retirement at Shravanabelagola
· Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International · file According to Digambara Jain tradition, Chandragupta abdicated in favor of Bindusara, joined Bhadrabahu at Shravanabelagola, and lived there as an ascetic before fasting to death. The traditional retirement narrative is based on late and contested Digambara Jain sources. The date reflects the approximate abdication date; the length of residence and date of death remain disputed.
