When you come to Nepal please contact Jaina Mandir at Gyaneshvara, near American Information centre. I hope they will provide you the number of Jainas in Nepal.
Sincerely,
Sthaneshvar
>From: "Alexander v. Rospatt"
>Reply-To: Indology
>To: INDOLOGY@LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
>Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 14:53:08 -0000
>
>Dear Experts,
>I am writing an encyclopedia article on Jainism and need to provide
>the
>population figure for Jains living in India. I only know of the
>Census of
>India from ca. 1982 which I believe gives the number of ca. 3 mio.
>Could
>anyone enlighten me where I can find more recent data on the Jain
>populuation.
>With many thanks, A.v.Rospatt
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