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P. 1279.
Belagāvi or Belgāmi (Shikarpur Taluk) : Jain Matha, no trace of Jain basti now, but figures of Jinas found in several parts of the village--one 10 feet high and 4 feet broad, another two feet high, a fourth 3 feet high, a fifth 24 feet high, the places indicated are sites of former Jain bastis. Bhadrāvati---Jains, 24 Chikka Magdi--a former basti has been converted into the pleasant Basavanna temple, an inscribed Jain figure (Shikarpur 201) and several Jain images lying about.
P. 1284.
P. 1291.
Pp. 1293
94.
Govardhangiri, fortified by Jinadatta, the founder of Humcha State; Sagar 55 an interesting Jain inscription, gives description of Kshemapura or Gerasoppe and Devarāya his guru was Panitāraya-this king performed head anoiting of Gummata; Nemiśvara Chaityālaya in Kshemapura.
Honnali (Shimoga dist.) - Jains, 11.
P. 1298. P. 1299
1301.
Humcha, a Jain village (Nagar Taluk): Correct name Hombucha (Pomburchchha and Patti Pomburchchha); a capital of a principality founded by Jinadatta (7th-8th century), an inscription of the 11th century traces the descent of Jinadatta to Kāha, of the Ugra-vamsa, lord of the Northern Madhura who was a successful leader in the Bhārata war in Kurukshetra; old events described, according to the late Huncha Svämi, Devendra tirtha Bhattāraka; these events happened in the year 500 of the fifth Kaliyuga (or 159 B. C.). Jain temples.
P. 1311.
Kumsi Town (Shimoga District) : Its correct name Kumbase, it was granted as an endowment by Jinadatta Rāya of Pumburcha (Humcha) for the Jain temple there.
P. 1312.
Kuppatur (Sorab Taluk)-in the Jain temple inscribed Jain images, a seated Jina 5 feet high with a seven hooded serpent.
P. 1319.
Nyamti (Honnali Taluk)-Jains, 7.
P. 1323.
Sagar (Sagar Taluk)-Jains, 8.
P. 1334.
Shikarpur (Shikarpur Taluk)-Jains, 39.
P. 1338.
Shimoga Town--Jains, 85.
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