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pp. 152f; it was, however, discovered from Vasantgadh fort, which marks the site of the ancient Vasantapura, which was a great Jain centre, in the 9th century, as the evidence of Jayasimha's Dharmopadešamāla, suggests.
198. Podanapura :--This ancient place is now known as Bodhan and is situated in the Nizāmābād district of Andhra Pradesh. It was a stronghold of Jainism, before the 12th century. A damaged epigraph, of the time of Vikramāditya VI, refers to a Jain temple of this place ; see Desai, op.cit., pp. 102f; see also Hyderabad Archaeological Series, No. 7; see for other Jain epigraphs, J.Ś.L.S., V, Nos, 35, 46, 65 and 72.
199. Ponnugunda :- This place, now known as Hungund, is in the Bijapur district of Karnāțaka, There were at least three Digambara temples at this place in the 11th century, called by the names Tribhuvanatilaka Jinālaya, Mahāśrimanta basadi (mentioned in the Nandavādige epigraph of the same district) and the Arasara basadi, which is mentioned in an epigraph from Hungund, dated 1074 A.D., in the reign of Someśvara II ; see Desai, op.cit., p. 107.
200. Prahlādanapura :-This tirtha, now known as Palanpur, is situated in the district of the Banās Kantha in Gujarat. It is also the district headquarters. The KB repeatedly refers to this place and mentions several temples, including those of Candraprabha (p. 50) and Yugādideva (p. 60). Several temples, including those of Mahāvira, Rshabha, Nemi, Pārśva and Nandiśvara were built in V.S. 1305, during the reign of the Kharatara ācārya Jineśvara II at this town. However, at present, the Pārśva temple of this place is the most important Jain shrine ; see Tirtha Darsan, 1, p. 336. The earliest reference to Prahladanapura is found in a Jain manuscript, dated V.S. 1274 ; see Jinavijaya, Jaina-pustaka-prasasti-sangraha, p. 115. This town was founded by prince Prahlādana of the Paramāra varsa ; see Prabandhakoša, p. 84 and the PPS, p. 43. This
