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FRANCIS, W. Bellary. Madras, 1904. (MDG).
P. 30. The Jain temples scattered all over the district seem to have been erected about 1070, though the Ganigitti shrine at Hampi was built in 1385 A.D.
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P.54. The occurrence of the Jains is chiefly found in Bellary, Hadagalli and Harpanahalli tāluks. Their temples are scattered throughout those places. Description of their manners and customs.
P. 54, 112, 229. Jains of the Bogara subdivision.
P. 198. At Adoni are some Jain tirthankaras carved upon rocks. Description.
P. 202. At Chinnatumbal there are two ruined and deserted Jain temples with the typical stone pyramidal roofs.
P. 206. The village of Peddatumbal contains representations of Jain Tirthankaras. Of the many deserted shrines three seem to have been originally Jain.
P. 210.
One of the Mackenzie manuscripts states that king Bijjala built a fort and lived at Chippigiri, a Jain colony in ancient days. On the hill north of the village is a Jain temple called "the Basti". The temple contains several representations of seated and standing (nude) figures.
Pp. 232-233. In the site of old Kurugodu, stands a collection of Jain temples. The architectural designs in this district exhibit the gradual degrees by which the Jain style shades into the Chalukyan. Pp. 242-243. The village of Kogali was once a considerable Jain centre. The Jain temple in it is still called "the Basti". There are many Jain relics scattered in the village. Inscriptions of the place record gifts to the Jain temple of Chenna-Parsva in the village by the Hoysala ruler Vira Ramnatha in 1275 and 1276 A.D. and to the Virabhadra temple by Achyut Raya of Vijaynagar.
P. 248. One of the twelve inscriptions of the Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI refers to the Jain temple of Barhma Jinālaya in a village anciently called Balguli.
P. 273. The stepped towers of the group of Jain temples in Hampi are very noticeable. Besides this group and the Ganigitti there is another Jain shrine.
