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it'. was installed at Vasantpur in 1507 V.E. (1451) during the reign of Kumbhakarna. Sever al finds of this place presented by the Maharao to the Jains of Pindy, ara, who placed them in the temple of Mahavira there. Most of the i. nages are undoubtedly old, that of Rişabhanāth, having an inscription dated 744 V.E. (687).
Nandia : To the north of the village a big Jain temple containing an inscription dated 1130 V.E. (1073), in which the temple itself is called Nandeśvara Chaitya.
Kojra : This village contains a Jain temple of Sambhavanātha, but an inscription dated 1224 V.E. (1167) on a column inside calls it a temple of Pārsvanātha.
Vasa : A peculiar feature of Saiva temple of Jagdish is that it has a Jain image on the top. A parallel case may be cited of a Saiva temple in Santpur which remained without an idol for many years, after which a Jain image was installed.
There was a village named Kalagra about two miles from Vasa containing a Jain temple of Pārsvanātha.
Kayadran : In the middle of the village a Jain temple. There existed an old Jain temple here, the stones of which were removed to Rohera for the construction of the new temple.
Ora : Common gate to the three temples near the Vaishnava temple surmounted by a Jain image which shows that it originally belonged to a Jain temple. There is also a Jain temple of Sarnath in the village, containing an inscription dated 1240 V.E. (1383), in which the temple is styled Mahāvīra Chaitya.
Mungthala : Here is a large Jain temple, the oldest inscription on which bears date 1216 V.E. (1159).
Girwar : The village contains ruins of an old temple. The marble gate to the Vaişņava temple of Pațțanārāyan appears to have belonged to some Jain temple of Chandravati, as a Jain image is engraved in it.
Datani: Here is a Jain temple.
Barman : There is a Jain temple in the village, in a wall of which an image of the Sun-God is inlaid.
Anadra : In this village there exists a Jain temple.
