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The year '''542 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 212 '' [[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 542 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

==Events==
[[Jambuswami]]; the head of the [[Jainism|Jain]] order for 44 years after the [[Nirvana|Nirvan]] of [[Mahavira|Mahaveer Swami]], attained [[Nirvana|Nirvan]] at the age of 80 years old. 
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