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kyas as they are better known, were noted for their patronage of Jainism Three great Jaina Acharyas, Gunachandra, Vasuchandra and Vadiraja came under the patronising hand of Jayasimha I Pulakesı I (550 AD) and his son Kirtivarman I (566-97 AD) gave grants to temples of Jinendra Kirtivarman's son Pulakesi II (609-642 AD was the great patron of the renowned Jaina poet Ravikırtı who composed the Aihole record wherein Ravikirti is compared to Kalidasa and Bharavi for poetic skill. The Aihole record also tells us that a stone temple of Jinendra was built by Ravikirti, “who had acquired the greatest favour of Satyasraya (Pulakesi) whose commands were restrained by the threc oceans " Pujyapada's pupil, Niravadya Pandita (Udayadeva) was a Raja-guru or spiritual adviser of Jayasimha II and of Vinayaditya (680-697 AD) Vijayaditya (696-733 A.D) son of Vinayaditya gave Niravadya Pandita a village for the upkeep of a temple of the Jina And his son, Vikramaditya II (733747 AD) made extensive repairs to a temple of Jina and gave a grant in connection with it to another Jaina ascetic, Vijaya Pandita But the real Golden Age of Jainism was under the Gangas and it was already remarked that it was Chamunda Raja, the General of Marsihma III, who gave us the immortal statue of Bahubali at Sravana Belgola The Gangas in short were staunch Jainas
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