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## Introduction
There are many ancient caves and temples that are five hundred years old. Shwetambar Muni Sheelvijay has mentioned this place as 'Chitragarh'. It is very likely that this Chitrakut was the residence of Elacharya. Sheelvijayji has mentioned Chitragarh, Banausi and Vankaapur together in his pilgrimage. This proves that there will not be much difference between these places. Vankaapur is the place where the worship festival of Uttarapurana was held by Lokasen and Banausi (Vanavasi) is the place where the capital was before Vankaapur. In this way, it is possible that Vatgram will be around Vanavasi and Chittaldurg. Amoghvarsha's capital was Manyakhet, which was the capital of the two countries Karnataka and Maharashtra at that time and is now famous as Malkhed and is 4-5 miles away from a small station called Malkhedgate on the Hyderabad railway line. Amoghvarsha was one of the ardent devotees of Shri Jinasen Swami, so it is possible that he came and went to his capital. But there is no mention of his special residence there.
## Time Consideration
- Jinsen (Second), the author of Harivansh Purana, has mentioned Jinsen's guru Veeresen and Jinsen in his Harivansh Purana in the following words:
"The glory of Veeresen Guru, who has conquered the afterlife and who is the emperor of poets, is shining without blemish. Jinsen Swami has composed an immeasurable praise of the qualities of Shri Parshvanath Bhagwan, that is, the composition of Parshvabhyudaya Kavya, which is well narrating his glory. And the rays of the rising sun in the form of his Vardhaman Purana are shining in the crystal-like earth of the hearts of learned men."3
The mention of these present tense verbs 'Avabhasate', 'Sankirtayati', 'Prasfuranti' proves that Shri Jinsen Swami, the author of Adipurana, was present at the time of the composition of Harivansh Purana and until then he
1. "Chitragarh Banausi Gam Bankaapur Bitu Shubhdham.
Tirav Manohar Vismayavant....." 2. This was the previous ideology of Premeji, but now he has written his following opinion on this subject on a
letter to me: "I don't know if Chittaldurg, which I had previously assumed to be Chitrakut, is still there. Chitrafut Manakal will be Chittorgarh of Rajasthan. Harishen believes that Chittorgarh is the Lila of Chitrakut. Apart from this, according to Galtekar's assumption, it will be Vatgram or Batnamabatpad or Baroda. Dhvala is written in the temple of Manatendra here. Baroda is not even east of Chittorgarh. Chitrakut was a center of learning in ancient times. Baroda was under the rule of Amoghvarsha. It was also called Gureswar. There will be some Rashtrakuta king or chieftain, in whose temple they stayed. There have been many Rashtrakuta kings in Inaman." 3. "Jitatmaparalokasya Kavinaam Chakravartinah. Bireseanguroh Kirirkalankavabhasate ||3|| Yamitamyulye Parvajinemaagunastutih. Swaminoh Jinasenasyakiri Sankirtayatyati ||40|| Vaimanapuranochdadityoktinabhastayah. Prasfuranti Girishanaah Sphutasphatikamittishu ||41||"
-Harivansh Purana, Sarg 1