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writers like Sumatisăgara and Jñānasagara have mentioned the temple-complex of Sankheśvara , see Tirthavandanasangraha, pp. 54, 56, 61, 76 etc. Sajjana and Vastupāla also were associated with this tirtha ; see also Tirtha Darsan, II, pp. 439ff. It still attracts thousands of Jain visitors every year. It was also known as Sankhapura. .
227. Śatruñjaya :- This is probably the greatest Svetāmbara tirtha of India. As we have already noticed, in the earlier volume (p. 244), of the present work, it is mentioned even in a Jain Anga text, as the mountain, where the five Pandavas breathed their last. This is, however, not supported by the evidence of the Mahabharata. In any case, this proves that even in the pre-Christian period, this mountain was looked upon as a holy place, by the Svetambara Jains. An interesting history of this tîrtha has been given by Jinaprabha, in the very first Kalpa of his work ; see pp. 1ff. The devout Jains, from the earliest times, used to visit this place. And almost all the Jain writers, of the two sects, have mentioned this tîrtha. Jinaprabha gives the interesting information that at least once in V.S. 1369, the original image of the mūlanāyaka Rshabha was destroyed by the Muslims, which was restored by Samara Shāh in V.S. 1371. For a modern account. of this great tirtha. see Tirtha Darsan, II, pp. 428ff.
228. Satyapura :- This great Švetämbara tirtha, sacred to Lord Mahāvira, now known as Sanchor, is situated in the Jalor district of Rājasthan. The evidence of the Vividhatirthakalpa (pp. 28ff.), proves that this tirtha was probably in existence even in the pre-Gupta period (see supra, I, p. 157). Dhanapāla, who lived between 970 and 1030 A.D., wrote a poem on this famous Mahāvira temple of Satyapura. The first Muslim attack on this Jain tirtha, was made by Sultan Mahmud in V.S. 1081, according to Jinaprabha and the second and third in V.S. 1318 and 1356. All these attempts, on the part of the Muslim iconoclasts, proved unsuccessful. However, the same authority informs
