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AN EPITOME OF JAINISM.
as its price. It took 14 years to build and is said to have cost 18 crores of rupees besides 59 lacs in levelling the hill. There is an equestrian statue of the founder. Vardhman Suri, the head of the Swetambar Church presided at the dedication ceremony by Vimal Shah on Mount Abu in 1031 A. D. The second temple is dedicated to Neminath the 22nd Tirthankar.
Vastupal and Tejpal brother ministers of king Viradhavala of Guzrat erected the temple in 1231 A. D. in the front wall of which there are two niches ornamented with elegant and exquisite designs unequalled in India.
On another summit, a few miles above Dilwara, at Achalgarh there is a temple. containing big metal images. All these temples and images have got inscriptions of great historic value and dates between 13th to 16th century A. D.
GIRNAR HILLS.
It is the place of nirvan of our 22nd Tirthankar Neminath. It is in Sourastra, modern Kathiawad in the Bombay Presidency. The hill consists of several peaks
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