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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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INSCRIPTION OF KADAMPA-KUDEPA
The following record is incised on a raised band between the third and fourth doors from the left' in the verandah of the lower storey of the Mañcapuri group of three caves which are designated by Mr Fergusson and Rājā Rājendra Lāla Mitra as Vaikunthapura, Patalapura and Yamapura. There is every reason for believing that the inscription was meant to record the excavation and dedication of the second cave of this interesting group by siri-Kadampa or siri-Kudepa, the Sovran Lord of Kalinga, who may have been either the contemporary or immediate successor of siri-Khāravela.
The text is based upon Major Kittoe's facsimile read and reproduced by James Prinsep in JASB, old series, Vol. VI, Pl. LVII, Cave No. 6 miscalled Manikpura; Rajendra Lala Mitra's copy of Prinsep's transcript in his Antiquities of Orissa, Vol. II, p. 16; Alexander Cunningham's hand-copy reproduced in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, old series, Vol. I, Pl. XVII, Cave No. 7 miscalled Manikpura; Bhagwanlal Indraji's eye-copy reproduced in Actes du Sixieme Congres International des Orientalistes, Part III, Sec. II; Lüders' List of Brahmi inscriptions in E I, Vol. X, Appendix, No. 1347, Cave called Udayagiri Mañcapuri-gumpha; Haridas Dutta's inked impression read and reproduced by R. D. Banerji in EI, Vol. XIII, Udayagiri and Khandagiri Cave Inscriptions, Pl. I, No. II, Cave denoted by the expression Mañcapuri Cave-Lower Story, Front Wall"; and, above all, A. E. Caddy's cast preserved in the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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