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the second, on that of Sambhavanātha. The icon of Sambha. vanātha is now preserved at Alwar.
For the next king of Gwalior, viz. Kirtisimba, we have a few Jain records. A manuscript of the Jñanārņava was copied in V.S. 1521 at Gopācaladurga in the reign rajadhirāja Kirtisimha 180. Another Jain record, of his reign, gives the date, V.S, 1530 and mentions Subhacandra of the Kāshțbāsangha and Māthuragaccha. 181 Another king of Gopagiri, viz. Mānasimha is mentioned in a manuscript of the Nazakumaracarita183, written in V.S. 1358.
Deogarh in Lalitpur district of U. P., as we have already seen, was a celebrated Digambara centre from the early mediaeval period. A long epigraph189, from this place, dated in V.S. 1481 and also in Saka 1346, corresponding to 1424 A.D., of the time of Alp Kbān of Malwa (mentioned by the name 'Alambhaka' in the epigraph), who was better known by the name Hüshang Sbāh (1405-35)184, has been discovered. A number of smaller epigraphs from this place are also known. Unlike many Jain temple-complexes, Deogarh Jain temple was never destroyed. However, the absence of any literary reference to this place, is surprising.
There were several other Jain centres, in different parts of Northern India, and epigraphs have also been found from those places. Quite a few of them, will be noticed in the chapter on the Jain Tirthas.
