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JAIN JOURNAL
The scroll of Udaipur under reference here is 70' x1' 2" with border on both sides illustrating beautiful creepers and leaves. There are copious illustrations of Udaipur, its location at that time, places of historical importance in the city, social conditions and religious activities and each illustration herein has a script underneath, which is not always a feature of scroll illustrations. The request following the illustrations is particularly significant. The scroll throws light on the following:
(1) The language used is Marwari, instead of Mewari, perhaps because the writers, Pandit Risabhdas and Pandit Kushalchand were from Marwar. According to the information contained herein, the staple food of Mewar were corn and barley.
(2) It is stated A Hindu Temple
that the delay in
sending the invitation had been caused by the absence from the city of Seth Jorawarmal Bafna and by the absence from duty of Bachawat Mehta Sersingh. At last,
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