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Chapter VII. Jainism in Gujarat in the later half of the 15th.
Century.
In A, D. 1450, Maharana Kumbhakarna repealed the pilgrim tax which was collected from the Jain pilgrims on Mt. Abu, 115
In A. D. 1451, King Mandalika of Junagadha proclaimed ' amari' asking his subjects to refrain from taking innocent lives on the 5th, 8th and 14th days of the bright and blaok halves of every month. Before issuing this order, he had proclaimed "& Māri" on the 11th (bright and black ) day and Amavasya of every month.
In A. D. 1452, a copyist named Lonkashah was not on good terms with Jain monks; so with the help of his disciple Lakhamashi, he
( 116 ) Jayantavijaya, Ābu, p. 11.