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Chauhāņa Mahārāva Lumbhāji (Lundhaji), an ancestor of the last rulers of the Sirohi state before its merger in Rajasthāna. The inscriptions contain orders forbidding collections of any taxes from worshippers of or pilgrims to the temples of Vimala and Lūņa Vasahis.
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On a small pillar in the porch, the following figures are carved: A person riding on a horse with an attendant holding an umbrella over him; then another representation of the same person, this time standing with folded arms, attended upon by an umbrella-bearer. By his side are standing his wife and son. An inscription on it refers to one Shobhita, the brother of the famous poet Shripala of the Chaulukyan court of Patan, who lived in the 12th century of the Vikrama era. Shripala was a Jaina.
A loose slab of stone (patta), lying against the wall (of the Ḥasti-Shālā ) by the side of this pillar, shows reliefs of a Shravaka and Shrāvikā standing with folded hands in adoration of the Lord. The piece 2 was installed by the famous minister Kavaḍi and shows portraits of his parents Thakkura Āmapasā (Ambāprasāda) and Tha. Sitādevi. It was installed by acharya Shri Dharmaghosha sūri in V. S. 1226, according to the inscription on it."
1 Abu, Vol. II, inscr. no. 236.
2 This stone was lying in the godown of mutilated stones and was brought here at the instance of Muni Shri JayantaVijayaji, as noted by him. It is said that the slab was originally in cell no. 20, before it went into the godown. The slab deserves better care and preservation as suggested by the late muni.
Abu, Vol. II, inscription no. 236. The minister-in-chief (mahāmātya) Kavadi (Kaparddin), a favourite minister of king Kumarapala, was a pious Jaina, very rich and generous, both valiant and learned. Ajayapala, the successor of Kumārapāla in V. S. 1230, devised a plot to subdue the powerful minister
