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Its followers are mainly centred in Gujarat.
KAMALA:
An inscription from Agra dated V.S. 1940 mentions this. In this epigraph both 'Kamalā' and 'Upakeśa' gacchas are mentioned, which possibly suggests some relation between them.116
It is likely that it was identical with Kavalā gaccha.
KAMALAKALASA:
Epigraphs refer to the fact that a certain Kamalakalaśasūri started it out of the Tapā gaccha,117
Epigraphs118 mention it as late as in V.S. 1961, and it seems that it was current mainly in Marwar.
KAMYAKA:
An inscription dated V.S. 1100 mentions Maheśvarasuri of this gaccha at a place called Śrīpathā identified with modern Byānāl19 (in Rajputana).
KASAHRDA :
It seems to have been current from the 12th cent. of V.E.120
Kāsahşda is a place in Gujarat,121 and is first mentioned in Gujarat inscriptions in about the 8th cent. A.D.122
KAVALA :
It is mentioned in an inscription123 dated V.S. 1903. See Kamalā gaccha.
KHARATARA:
This is still one of the most important and well supported gacchas of the Svetāmbara Church.
116. Ibid., II, 1478. 117. NAHAR, I, 779, 946. 118. Ibid., I, 971. 119. FLEET, I.A., XIV, p. 8. 120. PJLS., II, Nos. 169-172, 174-80; 211, 230. 121. CITRAV, Madhyayugina Caritrakośa, p. 652. 122. SANKALIA, SHCGEG, p. 192, (EI., VIII, 220). 123. PILS., II, No. 316.
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