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which are illustrated and considered in Dr. Hüttemann's "Miniaturen zum Jinacarita" (Baesler Archiv., iv, 2, 1913) and in Dr. Coomaraswamy's "Notes on Jaina Art" (Journ. of the Indian Art and Industry, xvi, no. 127, 1914).
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FLEET, J. F. A new Ganga Record and the Date of Saka 380. (JRAS, 1915, pp. 471-485).
Pp. 474-481. Points for and against the acceptance of the date of śaka 380, A.D. 458, put forward in Lokavibhāga, a Digambara Jain work on cosmography, for a Pallava king Simhavarman.
175 BARNETT, L. D. Two inscriptions from Balgaum, now in the British Museum (EI, xiii, 1915-16).
Pp. 15-36. Engraved on large stone tablets. The stones belonged originally to the three Jain temples, the remains of which stand in the fort at Belgaum, Bombay. Record that the temple was founded about A.D. 1200 by Bīchaņa or Bichirāja, an official of Rațţa prince Kārta. vīrya IV, and was named Rațţa-Jinālaya, ("The Jain temple of the Rațțas").
A.-Grant by Rațța Prince Kārtavīrya IV, A.D. 1204. Given to śubhachandra, a disciple of Nemichandra, disciple of Maladhārideva & belonged to the Pustaka Gachchha, Desigaņa, Kondakunda-anvaya, Mūlasangha, An assignment of land at Venugrama i.e., Belgaum.
Records that' Bichaņa founded the Rațţa-Jinālaya temple at Belgaum-donations for the upkeep of the Jain temple named Rațța-finalaya at Belgaum. The composer of the record is Balachandra-deva, styled Kavi-Kandarpa, a disciple of Madhavachandra.
B.-Of the same time and date.
The Jain doctors Maladharideva, Nemichandra and Subhachandra --Records grant of the village of Umbaravāņi and certain lands for the benefit of the Rațța-Jinālaya Jain sanctuary in Belgaum, dated A.D. 1204
