Agammanishi Muni Dulheraj
The first Tirthankara (prophet) Lord Rishabha, was the first monarch who ruled the country for a very long period of time and renovated the whole structure of the society and the Government.
He was born in the royal family of Kasyapas. One day, when he was sitting in his palace, the citizens approached him and requested him to be their leader because they were harassed and handicapped by various nefarious activities of some people who were bent upon disturbing their peace and harmony. Rishabha acceded to their request and exhorted them in the right direction. The people, then, did not know the use of fire. They ate raw food and whole grains. Cooking was unknown. Raw food and whole grains caused indigestion and ill health. Rishabha produced fire from different means and made the people understand its use. Food was cooked. Fire led to various inventions. Thus industry began and people engaged themselves in many vocations and jobs. They became happy. This was the dawn of early civilization. As time rolled on, it progressed and many sciences were developed.
After Rishabha, came his eldest son Bharat, perhaps after whom our country is named. He was a great monarch who put into system various government rules and formulated forms of punishment for the evil doers. It was in his time that crimes decreased and the people began to lead a life of self content and self restraint.
Rishabh had 98 sons. Bharat was the eldest and Bahubali the youngest. He had two daughters - Brahmi and Sundari. He taught them 74 different sciences which covered all the fields of knowledge. Brahmi was thought the script, which later on came to be known as Brahmi script. It was the first script and the mother of all others which followed it. And even today hundreds of stone inscriptions scattered all over India are found in this script.
