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detailed description of the coins of Sārangadeya also of Gujarat263. The coins of Mālava, Chitor, have been mentioned. He also refers to the currency of Kolhapur 284, Jālandhara 285, and also of Jayaccandra 268. Coins of several Tomara kings of Delhi like Ananga pāla, Madanapāla and others 287, have been mentioned by Pheru. He has also noticed the coins of almost all the Delhi Muslim rulers, who issued them from Delhi 288.
Hundreds of Jain works were also composed between 1400 and 1600 A.D. Quite a good number of works were written in old Hindi and Gujarati. We have also interesting works on the great Hiravijaya. Several Patļāvalis of various gacchas are also known288
The above discussion of the vast Śvetāmbara literature, composed between 1000 and 1600 A,D., proves that the writers of this particular sect, wrote on every aspect of the Indian life, and have enriched the various branches of literature by their writings. For a fulier account of this literature, the readers are advised to go through the works of Desai, Kapadia and the big history of the Jain literature, compiled recently by Pārsvanātha Vidyāśrama, Vārāṇasi.
