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119 CHANDA, RAMAPRASAD. Medieval Sculpture in Eastern India. (JDL, iii, 1920, pp. 225-246).
The Pali suttas confirm good deal of what is contained in the svetāmbara Jain canon-The ancient Jain sculptures of Mathura dating from the first century A.D. guarantee the antiquity and authenticity of many of the sain traditions-It is generally believed that there were Jain monks before Mahavira belonging to the order founded by Pārsvanātha-Nature of Chaityas mentioned in the ancient Bauddha and Jain texts-Jain description of a chaitya given in full in the Aupapātika Sūtra.
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JAYASWAL, K. P. The Statue of Ajātaśatru Kunika, etc. (JBORS, vi, 1920, pj. 173-204).
P. 178. The jain name Kuņika, spelt also as Koņika-"Sreņika", the Jain name of Ajātaśatru's father (Bimbisāra)-The positive and sole use of Sreņika amongst the Jains seems to limit the term to - Birphisāra.
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JAGADISA AYYAR, P. V. South Indian Shrines. Madras, 1920.
P. 26. Jain temple at Tirupparuttikunram. It is a famous place of Jain antiquarian interest containing ruins of Buddhist and Jain temples.
P. 140. Conversion of the Hoysala sovereign Bițți from the Jain faith to that of Visņu by Rāmānuja.
P. 238. Toleration of Jainism during the reign of King Bukka Raya who allowed the Jains to have their shrines in Hemakūta near the Hindu temple of Pampāpati.
122 CHANDA, RAMAPRASAD. Four ancient Yakşa (JDL, iv, 1921, pp. 47-84).
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