________________ 340 : SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME construction. Those on the east, and running upto the Trika along the north and the south were built contemporaneously with the Main Shrine. Those extending further and merging with the western row were added during the later part of the eleventh century. The temple was thus originally intended to be a caturvimsati jinalaya and not bavana jinalayi as it stands today with later accretions. There is nothing particular about the Devakulikas, most of which have a simple doorframe. The dvarapalas of the eastern ones are exceptionally fine, as exquisitely postured as those of the doorframe of the garbhagTha. On the re-entrant wall of the two Devakulikas in the eastern corridor are carved two niches, each facing the other and enshrining an identical image of Sarasvati of about the end of eleventh century. The kati mekhala of each one with its jhallari (festoon) is the most elaborate of its kind known in Western India. The pillars of the entryway in the eastern corridor with their sur-capitals and grille work and apsarases are of the same date as the temple. The date of the older parts of the temple requires careful examination. The inscription of 1116 within the temple declares a donation for the worship of santinatha installed by General Yasodeva, grandfather of Ghalluka, the contemporary of Prince Kattukaraja, the donor. Assuming Yasodeva installed the image about forty years before the date of the inscription, the temple must be in existence in 1076. But more precise evidences are supplied by the style of sculpture and the form of mouldings which are very near to those of the Sun temple at Modhera. BHANDARKAR dates the sculptures to tenth century as we have already noticed. They are, doubtless, a little earlier than those at Modhera but, at the same time, unquestionably later than those of the typical tenth century examples. A few vestigial architectural and decorative features of late tenth century are there, true : but those of early eleventh century are predominant. The temple, very possibly, is the foundation of the years soon after 1000. The stylistic affiliations of the shrine are with Medapata and Arbuda rather than Nadqula. That, incidentally, leads to the question of the authorship of the temple. Sewadi stands on the crossroads of four mediaeval kingdoms: Abu, Nadol, Mewad, and Hathundi. Of these the last one is the nearest geographically. Although a principality, Hastikundi was powerful enough to give sanctuary to Cahamana Mahendra of Nadol and Mularaja Caulukya of Anhilapataka against Paramara Munja of Malava, and to Paramara Dharanivaraha of Abu against Mularaja Caulukya. The Rastrakutas of Hastikunoi were Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org