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Kavyanusasan against the Suvihita monks. The Sukrtasamkīrtana of Arisimha (about V. S. 1278–1287=A. D. 1222-1231 ) is the first work which describes all the kings of Chāvadā dynasty in regular succession. The commentary of Abhayatilakagaại on the Dvyāşraya of Hemachandra which was completed in the year V. S. 1312=A. D. 1256 mentions the story of the shepherd Anabilla who showed Vanarāja the site for founding the city named after him. The most important work, however, which provides ample material for the whole history of Anahilavāda kingdom is the Prabandhachintamani of Merutunga (about V. S. 1361 = A. D. 1305 ). It is the first work which gives a regular chronology for the history of Gujarat from the founding of Anahilaváda Pattana in the year V.S. 802 (= A. D. 746) to the year V. S. 1277 -( A. D. 1221 ), when Vastupāla went to pilgrimage. Another work which gives the chronology for this period differing in some points from that of the Prabandhachintamani is the Sthavirāvalī or Vichárașreņī of Merutunga ( about V. S. 1400 = A. D. 1344 ) who has been mistakenly identified with the author of the P. C. though really a different person.
A collection of old prabandhas edited and published by Muni Jinavijaya under the title of Puratanaprabandha Samgraha supplies many dates and details for the history of Anahilavāda. It appears that many of these prabandhas were the original source of the P. C. and later works.
The Vividhatīrthakalpa of Jinaprabhasūri (about V. S. 1364=A. D. 1308 ) whice is a sort of guidebook of Jaina Tīrthas of the fourteenth century is a veritable mine of materials for the history of Gujarat.
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