Explanation:

Silappadikaram and Manimekalai are Continuous epics. Manimekalai was written by Sattanar of Madurai. It is the story of Manimekalai, the daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi. She later became a Buddhist nun. It gives glimpses of the development of the fine arts in the Sangam Age. Silappadikaram is the greatest and earliest epic by Ilanko Adikal. It is a story of Kovalan of Puhar who falls in love with Madhavi a dancer. Kovalan’s wife Kannagi takes revenge for his husband’s death at the hands of a Pandyan king and becomes a goddess.

Jainism:

• Jainas believe in 24 Tirthankaras as great teachers or leaders of their religion.
• Rishabhdeva is believed to be the first Tirthankara by the Jainas. He was also known as Adinath.
• The twenty-third Tirthankara, Parshvanath was the son of Ikshvaku king Ashvasena of Kasi.
• Rishabhdeva and Arishtanemi are mentioned in Rigveda.
• The twenty-fourth Tirthankara was Vardhamana Mahavira.

Buddhism:

• Buddhism, religion, and philosophy developed from the teachings of the Buddha (Sanskrit: “Awakened One”), a teacher who lived in northern India between the mid-6th and mid-4th centuries BC.
• Buddha was born in 563 BC in a Shakya Kshatriya family in Lumbini near Kapilavastu (Nepal).
• Buddha got Enlightenment at the age of 35 at Bodh Gaya under the pipal tree on the bank of river Nilanjana.
• Four important events in the life of Buddha were Mahabhimisikram, Nirvana, Chakra Pravarthan, and Mahaparinirvana.

Source: Tamil Nadu State Board Class 11