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Structural Temples of the Caulukyan Period
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Kevan*
There is a Siva temple, belonging to 12th cent. It it as usual, a Pancāyatana temple situated on a platform of stone slabs on the top of a hillock. There are ruins of temples in nearby hamlets also. 2 4 6 Saptnatha Mahadeva. *
There are foundations of a Pancayatna temple. There is the Dhāreśavara Mahādeva temple, though recently taken down and rebuilt, seems to belong to a period earlier than the 12th cent. 247
It seems that the temple of Pārsvanātha at Davad* has been erected in V. S. 1300 ( A. D. 1244 ). 2 4 8
The Jain temple with 1444 pillars and 72 cells (Devakulikās) was erected by one Munjāshah at the instance of Punyasűritilaka at Bhorol* in V. S. 1302 (A. D. 1246 ). The temple complex included a step-well (Vāpi ) also. The said Vāpi is seen at the sight at present but no trace of the temple is found.2 49
Derol (Dist. Sabarkantha).
The village contains several old temples. There is a tripletemple dedicated to Brhamā, Vişņu and Mahesa. Nearby there is a Vişņu Pancāyatana temple of a later date (probably of the
* 8 Kms. from Raigadha. (Dist. Sabarkantha) 246. AFIS. p. 27. * 6.4 Kms. from Davad. (Dist. Sabarkantha) 247. AFIS. pp. 29-30. 248. JTSS. Vol. I. Pt. I. p. 83. *. 67.2 Kms. N. V. of Deesa (Dist. Banaskantha). 249. Ancalgacchiya Moți Pattāvali. p. 89; JTSS. Vol. I. Pt. I. p. 43. An inscription on a extant parikara, found in the modern Jain temple at Bhorol, also records the existence of a Jain temple in V. S. 1261 i. e. A. D. 1205.
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