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camundaraya - A Great Jaina Minister of Karnataka
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of art S. Settar's Ph. D. thesis Sravana Belgoļa Monuments written under my guidance is authoritative. The Sravanabelgola inscriptions referred to here are to be found in EC II latest revised edition by B. R. Gopal, published by the Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore in 1973. Gopal's account of Cāmupdaraya on pages Ixxxiii-Ixxxv, based as it is on the latest epigraphic research is very valuable and original. B. V. Sirur's Sravanabelgola in Kannada (Karnatak University, Dharwad 1976) surveys the importance of the place in political, literary and cultural fields. And since Camupdarāya was associated with this place in all these fields, his contributions are covered here in a comprehensive and competent manner. B. S. Kulkarni has edited the Camundarāya Purāņa (Dharwad, 1966). Sri H.T. Kamble, Research Scholar in the History and Archaeology Department of Karnatak University has helped me in collecting material for this article. My thanks are due to him.
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