Shwetambar Sthanakvasi Jain Sabha Hirak Jayanti Granth

SR No.: 012052
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sagarmal Jain, Ashok Kumar Singh
Publisher: Parshwanath Shodhpith Varanasi
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 176
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Smruti_Granth & Articles
File Size: 10 MB

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by him. Another interesting information is regarding the Bengal king Laksamana sena and his poet-minister Umāpati, whose name is found in the famous Deopara Prasasti of the Senas. The defeat of Paramardin by Pộthviraja has been mentioned by him and is confirmed by epigraphy. However the date of the destruction of Valabhi has been incorrectly given by him as V.S. 375, the actual date V.S. 845, has been supplied by another Jaina work, namely the Vividhatirthakalpa of Jinaprabha. His account of the Caulukya and Vaghela dynasties is flawless, and so is his account of the two great ministers, namely Vastupāla and Tejapāla. The Prabandhakosa of Rajasekhara, written in 1347 A.D., is another interesting work of history, although its author does not stand in comparison with either Hamacandra or Merutunga. There are some fanciful details. However, interesting light has been thrown on the political relationship between Jayacandra of Kanyakubja and Laksamanasena of Bengal. It however incorrectly makes the great Bhadrabāhu, the son of a Brahmin of Pratisthāna, the correct information is found in much earlier work, namely the Brhatkathākosa, written in 931 A.D., which represents this savant as the son of a Brahmin of Devokotta in Bengal.
A very interesting work, which is actually a geographical treatise, is the Vividhatirthakalpa of Jinaprabha, written between V.S. 1364 and 1389. Its great importance has been discussed by the present speaker in the second volume of his comprehensive history of Jainism. It is of great significance to note that Jinaprabha was honoured by even the Muslim emperor Muhammad Bin Tughlaq. Some dates, given by him are absolutely correct, namely the date of the destruction of Valabhi, of Somnath and of the date of Prthviraja's defeat and death has also been correctly given and because of the information supplied by him, that we have been able to correctly identify the ancient city of Mithila.
Another medieval Jaina work, namely the Kharataragacchabrhadgurvavali is of supreme importance, for both the students of history and geography and it also yields the details regarding the activities of some little-known kings and it also tells us about the atrocities, committed by the Muslim rulers in Northern India and the details regarding them given in this and other Jaina text, fully tally with those given by the Muslim historians themselves. Those modern historians who have tried to whitewash these Muslim invaders, must go through these contemporary Jaina accounts and only then they will be able to comprehend the enormities committed by those perfidious Muslim conquerors.
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