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P. 69. Mention in the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra of a king Işukāra ruling at the town called Işukāra in the Kuru country.
Pp. 7071. The Uttarädhyayana Sūtra mentions a king of Kampilya named Sañjaya who gave up his kingly power and adopted the faith of the Jains.
325 NarasiMHACHAR, R. Sravana Belgola. (QJMS, xiii, 1923, pp. 430-447.).
Information about the colossal image of Gommateśvara. Account of Gommața given in inscription No. 234, of about 1180. Description of Gommața in the inscription. The statue of Gommața made by Chămunda-rāya who, according to inscription No. 345, of about 1159, was the minister of Ganga king Rājamalla whose reign began in 974 and ended in about 98.4. Different estimates of the height of Gommața. The anointment ceremony of Gommateśvara in March 1922. Tradition regarding the visit to Sravaņa Belgoļa of Bhadrabāhu and Chandragupta.
326 NARASIMHACHARYA, R. The Western Gangas of Talkad. (QJMS, xiv, 1923, pp. 10-22.).
P. 11. Foundation of the Ganga kingdom attributed to the agency of the Jain teacher named Simhanandi.
Pp. 11-12. Chāmuṇdarāya, minister of Rāchamalla, author of Trișașțilaksaņa-mahāpurāņa, popularly known as Chamundarāya-purāna, written in 978; it gives an account of the twenty-four Tirthankaras.
P. 13. The Ganga plates register a grant in 963 A.D. by the Ganga king Mārasimha to a Jain teacher named Munjārya, having the title Vădighanghaļabhațța.
P. 17. King Madhava of the Ganga family obtained greatness by following the Jain doctrine - The Jain teacher Simhanandi helped him in severing a stone pillar-The Ganga dynasty owed its greatness to Simhanandi-Prosperity of the family through the blessing of this sage stated in an old commentary on the Jain worķ Gommațasāra.
