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Candellas. As already noted by us, in the earlier volume (p. 163), of the present work, the earliest Jain inscription of this place, is dated in V.S. 1011 corresponding to 955 A.D. The Digambara Ācārya Väsavacandra, has been represented in that epigraph, as the guru of king Dhanga. The Jains retained their popularity till the time of the disappearance of the Candellas from history ; see supra, pp. 54 ff; see also for a detailed treatment of the Jain temples of this placc, Bharat ke Digambara Jaina Tirtha, III, pp. 131ff.
135. Khandagiri: This place was associated with Jainism, from the pre-Christian times. The evidence of Kbäravela's famous epigraph shows that it was known as Kumāri hill in the 1st century B.C. (see supra, I, p. 88). This particular name is found in a 10th-century Digambara epigraph, from the same hill, and also in the Brhatkathakośa of Harishena, composed in 931 A.D. (see above, l, p. 171). The inscription of Udyotakeśarī proves that this hill, continued as a popular Jain centre, for a very long time, and the evidence of Harishena's work also proves the same thing. However, in all the works on the Jain tirthas, this hill in Puri district of Orissa, has been ignored.
136. Khedabrahmã:- This place in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, is associated with the temple of Lord Mahavira, from the mediaeval period ; see Tirtha Darsan, II, p. 360.
137. Kojarā :- This tirtha, sacred to Sambhavanātha, is situated in Sirohi district of Rajasthan, and an epigraph. of V.S. 1224 suggests its antiquity ; see Tirtha Darśan, I, p. 284.
138. Kollāpura ;-This tirtha as we have seen above (pp. 60ff), was a celebrated Digambara tirtha and could boast of a number of Jina temples,
139. Kopana :-This celebrated tirtha situated in Raichur district of Karṇātaka, emerged into the limelight in the 9th century A.D., and it was surely considered a most important tirtha from that time (see supra, I, p. 195). Several epigraphs, inscribed after 1000 A.D., are also known (see
