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Among the well-known temples of this period we may mention Kbarataravasabi on Mt. Abu and Karma shah's temple on the Satrunjaya Hill.
Many images in Kharataravasabi were set up by the Jains who belonged to Kharataragatcbha; so the temple is called K barataravasabi.
It is a mistake to suppose that this temple was erected by the sculptors and masons who used the stones originally brought for Vimalavasahi and Lunigavasabi. It is not good to suppose that the stones brought for Vimalavasabi lay there for 200 years. The temple, moreover, does not seem to have been built 700 years ago.
In the inscription of Srimata's temple dated V. S. 1497 (A. D. 1440-1 ), there is a reference to Pittalahara but no reference to this temple. It seems, therefore, that this temple was built after A. D. 1440. It was probably built by Sanghavi Mandalika in A. D. 1458, because many images in this temple were set up by
admitted him to the order of monks in A, D. 1513-4. The dignity of Upadhyaya was conferred on him at Lalapura when Sanghavi Thira held a festival. He became a Säri in A. D. 1525 and died in A. D. 1540 Jain Aitihasika Gurjara Kavya Sanchaya, Appendix, p.p. 101-3. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
