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the reign of Trailokyamalladeva alias Someśvara I (10431068) of the Western Cālukya dynasty. It mentions his son Someśvara II, who was the governor of this area. The inscription records the grant of some land by Kancarasa of Sinda house (a feudatory of the Western Călukyas) to Nayasena Pandita, who is represented in the epigraph, as the fourth in the spiritual lineage from Ajitasena, who belonged to the Mūlasangha, Senānvaya and Candrakavāta anvaya. The disciple of Ajitasena was Kinakasena and the latter's disciple was Narendrasena, the immediate spiritual predecessor of Nayasena. Both Narendrasena and Nayasena have been described in this epigraph as experts in grammar. Desai has shown 127, that Ajitasena of this inscription, is identical with the Jain teacher, of the same name, mentioned in the Cavuņdarāyapurāņa, as the guru of Cāmupdarāja. Again, we have in the earlier Mulgund epigraph128, dated 902 A.D., three generations of monks, begi ining from Kumārasena, his disciple Virasena and the latter's disciple Kanakasena. The earliest guru Kumārasena is described here also, as belonging to Candrikāvāța (Candikāvāța) Now, the Cāvundarāyapurāņa also makes Kumārasena's guru Dharmasena, as a resident of Candrikävāta. This particular place has been identified by Desai19' with Chandakavate of Bijapur district. That scholar has also referred to a few other monks of this lineage. It has further been shown 130, on the evidence of the Mahapurāņa of Mallishepa, that Mulgund was considered a Jiin tirtha in the mediaeval period. A few other short epigraphs from Mulgund are known.'81 An inscription 13 2 of the time of Someśvara I, claims on behalf of one samanta Bhāvanagandhavāraṇa, that he built Jiin establishments in various places, including Mulgund,
Next, we must refer to the epigraph of $ika 977, corresponding to 1055 A.D., found at Bankapur. This place, as we have already noticed in our earlier volume18s, is mentioned in the prašasti of the Uttarapurāņa, which was
