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and debates. Once the Jain Acharya Ratnadeva held a great debate with the Shaíva scholar VidyaShiva-Vadi in the Mahakali temple of Ujjain and to win the heart of the king, he came out successful in it. King Naravarma was pleased to hear the religious discourse of Jain guru Samudraghosa as well and bowed his head at the feet of Jain teacher Vallabhasuri. Without doubt he was greatly influenced by these teachers and the Jains enjoyed his royal patronage. His son Yashovarma appointed his general Jinachandra, who was a Jain, as the governor of Gujarat.: King Vindhyavarma also honoured the Jain scholars like Ashadhara.” In fact the Jains were free to make good progress under these kings.
The Solankis ruled over Gujarat from 964 to 1242 A. D. and Jainism flourished under them. King Mularaj built a Jina temple at Anahilawada and King Karna honoured the Svetambara Jain guru abhayadevasuri. King Siddharaj Jayasimha was a famous king. His ministers Munjal and Santu Were Jains and the king also showed deep regard for Jainism. He built a temple to Tirthankara Mahavira at Siddhapur He took out a samgha to Shatrunjaya and granted 12 villages for the Adinath temple of that
1. Reu. loc. cit. I pp. 144-145. 2. I bid., p. 156.
