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was destroyed and had to be re-built. We however do not agree with Muni Vțddhiratna-21, when he claims that Pārśva temple at Jaisalmer was originally built in V.S. 1212. It was actually built, according to the KB128, in V.S. 1260. However king Lakshmana was surely responsible for giving a new lease of life, to the Jains of this town, by re-building the temple and the grateful inhabitants 128, renamed it as Lakshmanavibāra.
The son and successor of Lakshmana was Vairasimha, in whose reign, the temple of Sambhavanātha at Jaisalmer, was built in the vear V.S. 1494. corresponding to 1437 A.D 134 The relevant epigraph from Jaisalmer further informs us that the Kharatara Ācārya Jinabhadra installed 300 icons in that newly-built temple. The king Vairasimha125 is also represented as taking part in the ceremonies connected with the foundation of Sambhavanātha temple. The name of the above-mentioned Kharatara saint occurs in a very good number of published inscriptions from both Gujarat, Rajasthan and even other parts of Northern India. 136 Hundreds of image-inscriptions (many of which are, still unpublished) contain the name of this celebrated saint of the Kharatara gaccha. The next king of Jaisalmer Cācigadeya was also a great patron of Jainism in the 15th century. His name occurs in several Jain epigraphs187, from Jaisalmer, all but one, dated in V.S. 1518, corresponding to 1461 A.D. An earlier date viz. V.S. 1505 is given in an epigraph from the Sambhavanātha temple, 128 This inscription mentions the famous Kharatara Acārya Jinabhadra, while the othgr epigraphs, dated V.S. 1518 mention his successor Jinacandra V. The next king of Jaisalmer viz, Devakarya is mentioned in several Jain epigraphs, all dated V.S. 1536,120 The next king Jaitrasimha II is not only mentioned in several Jain epigraphs, but also a Jain manuscript. This particular manuscript was copied in V.S. 1590180, in Vikramadurga, which was under the Jaisalmer kings. However the date presents some
