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119. Kādakol :- This was a tirtha in Dharwar district of Karņāțaka and has yielded a number of epigraphs which prove that it existed as a Jain sacred place, before the 13th century ; see Desai, op.cit., p. 146 ; see also J.S.L.S, II, Nos. 442, 490, 508 etc; also ibid., IV, p. 350 dated 1280 A,D.
120. Kākandi :--This tirtha, associated with the birth of the 9th Tirthařkara Pusb padanta, is generally identified with Kākan in Munger district of Bihar. A few scholars are of the opinion that Khukhund in Gorakhpur district of U. P., is the modern site of Kākandi; see J. C. Jain, Bhārat ke pracina Jain tirtha, Vārāṇasī, 1952, p. 26.
121. Kalbhāvi :--This place in Belgaum district of Karnataka, was known as Kumudavāda in the 8th century and had a Jain temple of that time, which was under the supervision of the monks of the Maitāpa anvaya and the Kåreya gana, which was a section of the famous Yāpaniya Sangha (see above, p. 99 ; and Desai, op.cit., p. 115).
122. Kalhoļi :- This place is also situated in Belgaum district of Karnāțaka and was known as Kalpole or SindanaKalpole, in early times. From an inscription of A.D. 1204. we learn that there was a temple of śāntinātha at this place, and was under the supervision of the monks of the Hanasoge section of the Pustaka gaccha, the Mūlasangha and the Kundakunda anvaya ; see Desai, op.cit., pp. 116 f; and also supra, p. 101.
123. Kalugumalai :- This ancient place in modern Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu was once a flourishing centre of Jainism (see Desai, op.cit., pp. 64 ff ; see also supra, 1, pp. 130 f). Inscriptions from the 3rd century B.C. to the 11th century A.D., have been found from this site.
124. Kampilya :-It was one of the earliest cities of Northern India and its association with Jainism, dates from the pre-Christian times. According to the Śvetāmbara canonical tradition, Asamitta, the fourth Ninhava (rebel), who flourished 220 years after Mabāvira, was associated with this city. It is identified with modern Kampil in Farru
