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An epigraph 121 from Ekasambi, dated Saka 1087, corresponding to 1165 A.D., of the time of Silābära Vijayāditya and Rațţa Kārtavīrya III, records the gift of land for the temple of Neminātha, which was built by one Kālaŋa, a commander of Vijayāditya. The recipient of the gift was Vijayakirti II, the disciple of Kumārakīrti, who was the disciple of Vijayakirti I and the latter of Municandra, belonging to the Yāpaniya Sangha and Punnāgavpkshamüla. On the above mentioned date, this shrine of Neminātha, was visited by Kärtavirya III, who also made some gift of land to that temple. Another epigraph232, from Belgaum of 1204 A.D., of the reign of Kārtavīrya IV, mentions Rațţa-Jinālaya of Venugrama, built by Bica or Bicana and some grant of land for the temple by that king. The Digambara Subhacandra is also mentioned in this epigraph. It is interesting to note that Padmāvati, the wife of Kārtavirya III and the grand-mother of Kārtavırya IV, is represented as the second Padmãvati (the Sasanadevatā of Pārsvanātha) in this epigraph 128. Several other Jain epigraphs124, from Belgaum district are known; however, in the limited space of the present work, it is not possible to discuss all of them. These epigraphs abundantly prove that Jainism was still a force to reckon with, in the religious system of that area, in the period under review,
Jainism in Dharwar district: This large district of Karnatak was very intimately associated with Jainism from quite early times. In the first volume of the present work, we took note of a number of epigraphs, of this district, inscribed before 1000 A.D. Let us now discuss the important Jain inscriptions of the period between 1000 and 1300 A.D.
The earliest important epigraph of our period, from this district125, comes from Mulgund, an epigraph of which place has been discussed in the earlier volume126, of the present work. The inscription, under discussion, was inscribed in Śaka 975, corresponding to 1053 A.D., during
