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set back to the Jainas seems to have hung heavily on them even under Yadavas as we do get fewer Jaina inscriptions under them. For instance :
(1) Anjaneri Inscription, Nasik District, S. 1063. Grant of two shops to the temple of Candraprabha by Seunacandra of the Yadava
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(2) Bijapur Inscription, S. 1119. Commanders of Jaitrapala made a grant to a sage Candrabharana.
(3) Bijapur Inscription, S. 1179. Grant of land by Karasideva to a Jaina temple, now turned into a mosque.
(4) Belur Inscription, Mysore State, S. 1193. Kuci Raja built a Jina temple, and gave grants of land, shops and arecanut gardens to it. His guru was Padmasena Bhattaraka of Pagab-gaccha of the Senagana of Mula sangha.
(5) Belgami Inscription, Mysore State, S. 1216 (or 1218). Grant of lands to Jaina temples and to basadis.
The Silaharas of Kolhapur also seem to have patronised the Jainas as would be clear from the following epigraphs:
(1) Honnur Inscription, Kolhapur, no date. Grant of land and of a house by Ballala and Candaraditya for the provision of food to the ascetics. Basadi was built by Bammagavunda of the PunnagaVrksamula gaṇa of the Mula sangha.
(2) Kolhapur Parsvanatha Temple Inscription, S. 1058. Creation of basadi by Mahasamanta Nimbadevarasa.
(3) Kolhapur Inscription, S. 1065. Grant by Mahamandalesvara Vijayadityadeva for the worship of Parsvanatha.
Karnatak, Mysore and Vengi :
The contact of Karnataka and its adjoining regions with Jainism is associated with the migration of Bhadrabahu to Sravana Belgola.
From Bhadrabahu to the advent of the Gangas in century A.D., we have but a hazy picture of Jainism.
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