Historical Jain records and modern scholarship do not support a clear, reliable “list of Jain massacres by Hindus.”

A few important points:

1. Most famous “massacre” story – Madurai, Tamil Nadu (7th century)

- There is a popular Shaivite legend that thousands of Jains were impaled in Madurai after a dispute with the saint Sambandar. - Modern historians, and careful Jain writers, point out that this story appears only in much later Shaivite texts (11th–12th century onward), and there are no contemporary Jain or inscriptional records confirming such a mass killing. - Because of this, scholars generally treat it as a religious legend / polemical story, not as a firmly proven historical massacre. You can read a short Jain-focused explanation here:

1. Persecution of Jains in history

- At different times, Jains have faced pressure, discrimination, or limited persecution under rulers of different religious backgrounds (Hindu, Buddhist, and later Islamic or other dynasties). - Often this involved temple conversion, loss of royal patronage, debates, or social pressure to convert, rather than clearly documented, large-scale massacres. - Jain sources themselves focus more on suffering (upasarga) and Jain rulers who protected the sangh (for example, King Kharavela opposing persecution of Jains by another ruler). ( jainknowledge.com)

1. Why there is no simple “massacre list”

- Jain tradition is strongly rooted in ahimsa, forgiveness and anekāntavāda (many‑sidedness of truth). It avoids demonising entire communities. - Reliable historical evidence (inscriptions, contemporary texts) for large, systematic massacres specifically “by Hindus” of Jains is very limited or absent; what we mostly have are later sectarian stories, whose literal accuracy is doubtful.

From a Jain dharmic perspective, it is more in line with our principles to:

• Study history carefully and honestly, without exaggeration.
• Recognise that violence by anyone is the result of moha and kashāyas (delusion and passions), not of a whole religion.
• Strengthen ahimsa, maitri (friendliness), and kshamā (forgiveness) towards all, rather than building enmity between Jains and Hindus.