Mahavir, the 24th Jain Tirthankar, imparted the eternal principles of satya and ahimsa, and worked to uplift the status of women in society. Acharya Gunbhadra narrates in the Uttarpurana, verses 338-347, the story of Princess Chandana who was abducted and sold as a slave to a rich man, Vrishabhdutt, in Kaushambi.
