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mediate period between the last Tirthankara, and the eighteenth century. At Benares its princes professed the faith of Bauddha as late as the eleventh century, whilst during the same period, as is proved by inscriptions and the historical work of CHANDRAKAVI, the sovereigns of Kanoj and Dehli were of the orthodox persuasion. It is very doubtful, therefore, if the Jains ever formed a leading sect in this part of Hindustan. They were more successful in the west and south.
OF THE HINDUS.
In Western Márwár, and the whole of the territory subject to the Chalukya princes of Guzerat, the Jain faith became that of the ruling dynasty; but this occurred at no very remote period. The Mohammedan Geographer EDRISI states that the king of Nehrwálá*, the capital of Guzerat, worshipped BUDDHA; and we know from the writings of HEMACHANDRA, that he was the apostle of the Jain faith in that kingdom-converting KUMÁRA PÁLA, the monarch of Guzerat, to his creed. This is also an occurrence of the twelfth century, or about 1174. The consequences of this conversion are still apparent in the abundant relics of the Jain faith, and the numbers by whom it is professed in Máŕwár, Guzerat, and the upper part of the Malabar Coast.
there reason to suspect that the buildings are much older than the inscriptions announce. The most ancient Mundir at that place is reckoned to be but fifty years old."- Calcutta Magazine, December, 1827.
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*[i. e. Analavâta, see p. 304 Note, and Lassen, Ind. Alt., III, 546.]
