- By the end of the 4th century BCE, there was a serious famine in the Ganges valley. Many Jain monks led by Bhadrabagu and Chandragupta Maurya came to Shravanabelagola in Karnataka
- Those who stayed back in north India were led by a monk named Sthulababu who changed the code of conduct for the monks
- This led to the division of Jainism into two sects Svetambaras (white clad) by Sthulababu and Digambaras (skyclad or naked) by Bhadrababu
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