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the case who then can compare with the Bhavyas of Arasiyakere ?1
Such were the Jains of Karnataka who made our land rich and prosperous in the medieval times.
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E. C., V, Bl. 77, op. cit. See also M. A. R. for 1918, p. 28, for a short note on the Sahasrakūta temple.