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rennovated the Jain temple which his grand father had built and helped in every way to glorify Jainism,
' In fact these earlier Rajput princes following the principle of Ahimsa were wise and powerful and became united under the Jain Emperor Kumarapala. But with the advent of the Vedic cult among the Rajputs, they became adverse to Ahimsic culture and swayed by mutual discord and disharmony and morally weakened by the fleshy diet; gradually declined in power and strength.
1.. Ron. loc. cit. III, pp. 91-92.
