In Jainism, Digambara (the sky-clothed) and Śvetāmbara (the white-clothed) are two main sects. There is no unanimous, purely historical statement that one is definitively older than the other. Traditional Jain accounts and modern scholarship give different timings, and the exact date of the split is not firmly established.

• Common view in Jain tradition: Both groups trace their origins to the same Jain teachings from Mahavira, and the split happened later as monastic rules and practices diverged.
• What differs historically:

- Digambaras emphasize an older, more ascetic monastic ideal (monks traditionally do not wear clothes). - Śvetāmbaras emphasize the preservation of a large canon and had a northern monastic community that adopted wearing white.

• Scholarly nuance: Many historians place the divergence somewhere in the early centuries CE, but exact dating is debated. Some traditions suggest the split was already present by the time the early Jain texts were being organized, while others see it as gradually developing over several centuries.

If you’d like, I can summarize the key doctrinal differences between the two traditions or provide a concise timeline based on traditional Jain chronology.