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141 (XIX) Report, do, 1922. Bangalore, 1922.
Pp. 5-6. Khandagiri : Of the many caves in the place, two appear to be Buddhist' and three Jain-On the top of the hill is a Jina temple dedicated to Santinātha.
141 (XX) Report, do, 1923. Bangalore, 1924. P. 2. Halebid : Pârávanātha basti.
P. §. Beļvādi : An important Jain settlement' during the time of the early Hoysala kings-Two inscriptions dated 1160 and 1208 A.D. record the grant to the god Janneśvara.
P. 4. Conversion of the Hoysala king Bitri Deva (Vişnuvardhana) to Vaişņavism from Jainism.
P. 7. Markuli : Pārsvanatha basti.
Pp. 9-30. The age of the early Guptas. Valabhi a stronghold of the Guptas destroyed in 319 A.D.-Jain Harivamsa of Jinsenachārya contains chronology of the Murundas, Guptas and other kingsKalki, born in 402, started an era after his own name in 428, persecuted the Jains, died in 472 A.D. The initial date of the chronology of the Guptas A.D. 200-201-The exact date of the erection of the statue of Gommateśvara in Sravaņa Belgola A.D. 1208-Chandragupta II, living in 282, became a Jain and left the country in company with Bhadrabāhu III during the terrible famine to spend his days in solitude in Sravaņa Belgo!a.
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Pp. 36-40. Inscription dated A.D. 1176 at Kalasāpura, Kadur district, Chikmagalur tāluq, on the ceiling of the anjaneya temple containing the genealogy of the Hoysala kings. It records the construction of a Jain temple called Virballāļa Jinālaya during the rule of Vīrballāla by Deviseth at the request of his teacher Bālachandramuni of Mülasaragha.
Pp. 113-115. An inscription on a fragmentary stone by the side of a temple in ruins in the Jungle to the west of the village Ichavāļi of Shimoga Hobli. It records the gift of wet fields by king Nanniya
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