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other hand the Bhattarakas had succeeded immensely in their mission of persuading the Jain house-holders to make idols and establish them for worship under the auspices of their gurus so much so indeed that a donor-philanthropist like Jivaraj Papriwal is supposed to have got chiselled single-handed a lakh of Jain images and caused them to be deported to various temples throughout Northern India and there is not a Jain temple but has an image made by Jivaraj Papriwal. These images bearing the inscription of Jivaraj Papriwal of Vikram Samvat 15481491 A. D. are found through out Greater Malwa even today.
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