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General-A reference to Nāgamangala plates, recording a grant by Śrīpurușa to a Jain temple erected by Paramagula's consort Kundachchi-Two Jain epitaphs dated about goo and g10, belonging to the Ganga period in Gaddebasava and Rāmeśvara temples, Chikka Hanasoge, Yadatore tāluq, another Jain inscription at the place, of about the same date, recording the death of the devoted śrāvaki Jakkiyabbe, wife of Nāgakumāra.
Pp. 55-56. MANUSCRIPTS :
. Vrata-svarūpa, a Jain work, by Prabhāchandra-Gāyatri-vyākhyāna, a Jain commentary on the Vedic verse called the Gāyatri--Sukumāracharitra, by Śäntinātha, of about the 12th cent.
141 (XL) Report, do, 1914-15. Bangalore, 1915.
Pp. 4-5. Kalya (Kalleha): Once a holy place to both the Jains and the Lingayats-An inscription at the place recording a compact made in 1368 A.D. by Bukka-Raya of Vijayanagara to settle difference between the Vaişņavas and the Jains-A reference to a fierce fight between the Jains and the inhabitants of the city named Kalavati.
Pp. 6-7. Bisakur: Once a city of considerable importance, containing 75 bastis or Jain temples.
Sankigatta : A basti dedicated to Vardhamāna-Geneaology of the Hoysala kings from Vinayāditya to Narasimha I given in the inscription on the back of the image of Vardhamana is carved out of an inscription stone-There are about 30 families of Jains in the village.
Pp. 16-17. Begur: Once an important Jain settlement.
P. 19. Hosaholalu : An epitaph in the Pārsvanātha basti dated in 1118 A.D. and of the time of the Hoysala king Visnuvardhana.
P. 26. Kambadahalli : A place holy to the Jains-To the south of the Brahmadeva pillar is the Jain temple Pañcha basti or Pañchakūta basti-To the north of this basti is the basti dedicated to śāntinātha or temple known as Bhandara basti-Ruins of a basti with a seated Jina figure on a hill to the south of Kambadahalli-From an inscrip tion found on rock Donneboranare it is clear that this basti was dedicated to Chandraprabha.
