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Jains are an ancient sect in India. Jain monks lived an austere life and traveled to preach spirituality. Stories came in handy for this purpose. Writings about travels of those times carried narratives of real or hearsay happenings at different locations. 'Vasudeva Hindee' (Vasudeva's Travels) is a collection of about 500 B.C. in which the stories give us a glimpse of the social life of those times. Agad Datta, a young man of courage and presence of mind, is assigned the task of bringing a gang of robbers to book. He sets out and encounters a holy man who turns out to be the gang leader of robbers. Agad Datta outwits him and brings him to book. A merchant proceeding on a business voyage on the sea deposits his money with the royal priest on the king's advice. He returns home, surviving a storm, and asks for money deposited with the priest. The priest refuses, but the king plays a trick on the priest and recovers the merchant's money.
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