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P. 53. In the Patur caves there is a cross-legged seated figure. It has been held to be a Jain relic but may be a Buddhist image.
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P. 355. In the town of Amraoti are two Jain temples. P. 371. Bhatkuli-Reference to Jain temples built about 200 years ago and a figure of Párśvanatha said to have been found buried in the village Garhi.
Amraoti District.
RUDMAN, F. R. R. Mandla District. Vol. A. Descriptive. Bombay, 1912. (CPDG).
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P. 40. The only surviving temple built of hewn stone without mortar, is probably the work of the Jains, a community of whom used to live in the neighbourhood of the Kakarramatha temples in Dindori tasil. The finely carved images found near the site belong to the Hindu and Jain religions.
GAIT, E. A. Census of India, 1911, Vol. I: India, Part A Report. Calcutta, 1913.
P. 119. Hindus and Jains-The Jains share the Hindu belief in transmigration as the doctrine of Karma-They reject the Vedas and worship their twenty-four deified saints-Many Jains regard themselves as Hindus.
Pp. 126-127. A map showing distribution of the Jains in India3,53,000 are found in Rajputana and Ajmere-Merwara and 8,15,000 in the adjoining States and provinces-They form an integral part of the Hindu social system-Some of them in quite recent times have joined the Arya Samāj.
