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he "gladly made any number of tanks and temples, any number of Jain shrines, any number of nadus, villages and subjects. When it is said that King Vinayaditya alone excelled the celebrated Balindra, who can praise the greatness of that profound and brave king ?".
King Vinayaditya honoured many Jain gurus and Abhayachandra of Belave was one of them.
His son Ereyanga succeeded him and ruled in conjunction with his father. He was also a great warrior and supporter of Jainism. His preceptor was the celebrated Acharya Gopanandi, "who accomplished what had been impossible for anyone, for he caused the Jina Dharma, which had for a long time been at a stand-still, to attain the prosperity and fame of the time of the Ganga kings'. To this great Jain logician Ereyanga granted villages for the repairs of the basadis (Jain Temples) of the Kalabappu tirtha of Belgola.
King Ballal I, the eldest son of Ereyanga next ruled, from 1100 to 1106 A.D. He made Belur his capital and married in one day in 1103 A.D. three beautiful and accomplished daughters of Maryanne
1. Ep. Car. II, 143, pp. 70-71. 2. Saletore, loc. cit. p. 75. 3. Rice, loc. cit., p. 98. 4. Ep. Car., V Cn. 148, pp. 189-190.
