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connected with the activities of the monks of the Kharatai? gaccha ; see KB., pp. 13, 18-20, 23, 24, 33-34, 44, 52 and 58. This particular temple was built by Jinadatta of that gaccha, in the first half of the 12th century (see KB., p. 19). The great Kharatara ācārya Jinapati was born, at this place, in V.S. 1210. An image inscription of y.S. 1524 mentions it as a mahanagara (sce for further details, Jain, Ancient Cities etc., pp. 312 f.
288. Vīrapura :- This place is mentioned as a tirtha, in an epigraph of the 12th century, found from Sedam, in the Gulbarga district of Karnāțaka ; see Desai, op.cit., pp. 260, 262. Its exact identification is still unknown.
289. Yālbargi :--This place, in the Raichur district of Karnāțaka, has yielded a number of Jain antiquities of the early mediaeval period. It was surely a Jain tirtha and its earlier name was Erambarageya ; see Desai, op.cit., p. 382. There existed here a temple of Pärśva, which was under the supervison of the monks of the Deśi gana and Mūlasangha ; see Desai, op.cit., p. 384.
290. Yoginipura :-It was the earlier name of Delhi and even in the pre-Muslim period, this town was known to the Jains, The KB. (p. 22) gives the very important infor. mation that king Madanapāla of Delhi (Yogiñīpura) gave a cordial reception to the Kharatara saint Jinacandra II in V.S. 1222, In this connecxion that work mentions the Pārsvanātha temple of that town, which surely existed here in the 12th century. Afterwards, even in the early Muslim period, the Jains played an important part in the religious affairs of Delhi. As we have already noted, the Prabandhakoša of Rājasekhara was written at this town in 1317 AD. ; see supra, p. 238. The well-known Pheru, belonged to Delhi and he accepted the teachings, propounded by the monks of thc Kharatara sect; see above, pp. 244 f. A temple of Lord Mahāvira was built in Delhi around 1328 A.D., under
