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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
No. 354
Village
Vallimalai
Taluk
Gudiyattam
District
North Arcot
Findspot
Below another image on the same rock.
Dynasty
King
Date
(12th century A.D.)
Language
and Script
Kanarese, Grantha
Contents
Records that the image, below which the inscription is engraved, represents the Jaina preceptor Govardhana, and it was caused to be made by the preceptor Āryanandin, who was the pupil of Bālachandrabhatāra.
Reference
ARE, 9/1895, Epi. Ind., Vol. IV, No. 15-D, p. 142.
Remarks
The names of Āryanandin and Balachandradēva also find place in a Kanarese inscription of the 12th century A.D. at Kilakuyilkudi in Madurai district. (ARE, 244/1950-51). Hence, the present record may also be assigned to the 12th century A.D. The occurence of Kanarese inscriptions at Vallimalai shows the influence of the Jaina sect from Karnāțaka in medieval times.
