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S. B. DEO Jaina temples at Talājā, Āmarana (Nawānagar State), and at Cambay the construction of which took place in this period.
Prevalence of Jainism in Rajputana can be attested by the epigraphs of the Cāhamānas,322 Cudāsamas, 323 Guhils,824 Rāwals,325 Rāthods, 326 and the rulers of the Sürya dynasty.327 It may, however, be noted that even though these kings did not seem to have come in the way of the lay-devotion to Jainism, many of them were devotees of Surya and Siva. As noted elsewhere, the Rāştrakūțas of Hastikundi also helped the spread of Jainism to some extent, to which the 10th cent. Jaina temple at Jodhpur by Vidagdharāja, and the Bijāpur stone inscription of Dhavala informing us about the renovation of the Vidagdharāja temple in the tenth century, stand testimony.328 Several Jaina scholars like Haribhadra, Udyotanasūri and others flourished and enriched the literature of the Jainas.
It may, however, be noted that the Jainism that flourished under the Cālukyas in Gujarat was predominantly Svetambara. The very fact that Kumudacandra had to come from the south to debate with Hemacandra and others, and the scantiness of Digambara epigraphs and monuments in Gujarat corroborate the above statement. The Digambaras were concentrated mainly in the south, and the same case as in the story of Kumudacandra, i.e., sending the Digambara representative from the south to the north for preaching, took place again under the Sultans of Delhi also, as we shall see later on.
The Deccan :
It is difficult to say anything regarding the state of Jainism in the ancient period, at least from c. 4th cent. B.C., to the beginning of the Christian era, in the Deccan.
We have already referred to the fact that several inscriptions found near Mysore, speak of the reign of the Nandas over Kuntala. The identification of 'Nav Nanda Dehra' with Nander on the Godāvarī by RAYCHAUDHAR1329 and the view advocated by KETKAR that Paithan was the southern
322. NAHAR, Vol. i, 700, 827, 839, 852, 876, 899, 943, 944. 323. Inscri. of Kathiawad, Nos. 30, 32. 324. Ibid., No. 56. 325. NAHAR, I, 722, 726; III, 2140, 2155, 2446-47, 2494, 2499; 2505; 2509; 2531. 326. Ibid., I, 743, 904. 327. Bhāv. Inscri., Sürya Dyn. Nos. II, VII, X, XI, XII. 328. E.I., X, pp. 17-24. 329. Op. cit., p. 235.
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