Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu

SR No.: 006562
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A Ekambarnathan, C K Sivprakasham
Publisher: Research Foundation for Jainology Chennai
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 488
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 11 MB

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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri
On four sides of a broken pillar lying in the Mariyamman temple in the fort.
Nolamba-Pallava
Mahendrarāja
Saka 800 (A.D. 878 A.D.)
Kanarese
The record apparently makes a grant to a Jaina temple.
ARE, 348/1901.
This Nolamba king is said to have defeated the Bana chieftain Mahabali Bāņarāya in about 890 A.D. The village Mayindramangalam (Adiyamānkōṭṭai) seems to have been named after this Mahendrarāja.