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dhasangraha (PPS) 20$, contains like the PC, a great number of important historical details. It has been shown by the editor Jinavijaya 205, that a very good number of these Prabandhas, were written by one Jinabhadra, the disciple of Udayaprabha of the Nāgendra gaccha in V.S. 1290, for Jayantasimha, the son of Vastupāla. However, it is not possible at present to distinguish the original Prabandhāvali of Jinabhadra from other stories, a few of which were apparently composed after that date. Even then, the later Prabandhas, included in this work, were composed not later than the middle of the 14th century.
Several Prabandhas of this work also occur in a slightly different language in the PC. However in both this work 20 6 and the PC207, Māgba has been incorrectly represented as the contemporary of Paramāra Bhoja (11th century). As a matter of fact, Māgha flourished a few hundred years earlier than this date208. The PPS 209, is one of the few Jain works to refer to the powerful Kalacuri king Gāngeya ; he has further been correctly represented as the king of Vārāṇasi, which is supported by the evidence of the Muslim historians210. Elsewhere, this work 911 gives a date (V.S. 1310) of the destruction of Jāvālipura (Jalore) by Jalāluddina Suratrāņa. However this date seems to be incorrect as Jalāl-Ud-din Fīrīz Shāh ruled in the nineties of the 13th: century21%. In another place, we are told, of the liberal attitude of Vastu pāla even towards the Muslims213. This work also mentions the destruction of Valabhi by the Muslims. It is one of the few known literary texts that refers to the enmity between Lakshmaṇasena and Jayaccandra214. This work also refers to several Jain sacred places, some of which will be noticed in the chapter on the Tirthas. We have also interesting coin names like päruttha dramma2 15 and bipottara? 18. The second name is undoubtedly the original of Balotra of Muslim historians. Elsewhere it also refers to dināra217 or gold coins.
Another historical work, of the 14th century, is the
