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EPIGRAPHY & NUMISMATICS
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known to have commenced with the flourishing of the Saiva saints Appar, Trujñānasambandar and Siruttonda Nayanar, about the beginning of the 7th century A.D.
P. 107. Reference in the Maliyapundi grant of Amma II of a gift to a Jain temple built by Durgarāja, a descendant of Paṇḍaranga
P. 109. Amma II, Vijayaditya (945-970 A.D.), a patron of the Jain religion-The importance of his Masulipatam grant consists in its being a gift to two Jain temples at Bezvada.
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India.
Report, do, 1909-10.
P. 4. A slab with Jain figures near the Post Office at KollegalSravana-Belgola, an important and ancient Jain centre in Southern
PROTECTED OR CONSERVED MONUMENTS:
Pp. 11-12. (a). Jain statues, rock inscriptions and Pañchapāṇḍava beds on the hill at Muttuppatti near Vadapalangy (Madura tāluq).
(b). Jain statues and rock-inscriptions both inside and outside the Settippodavu cave on the western slope of the Ummanamalai hill, east of Kilakkudi village (Madura tāluq).
(c). The Panchapāṇḍava beds, Jain statues and the Brahmi and Vatteluttu inscriptions in the Pañchapāṇḍavamalai near (Melur tāluq).
Kilavalavu
STONE INSCRIPTIONS COPIED IN 1910:
Pp. 66-67. (54). Inscription in Vatteluttu below a Jain figure on the hill at Kongar-Puliyangulam, contains the syllables Sri Ajjanandi. (61). Do, on a boulder on the same hill, below a Jain figure, records that Kanakavira-Periyadigal, disciple of Gunasenadeva, caused this image to be cut in the name of the residents of Kuyirkundi.
(62). Do. at the same place, records that Maganandi, disciple of Kurandi Aṣṭaupavāsi, caused this image to be cut in the name of the inhabitants of the district.
