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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pp. 65-123. EXPLORATION :
Ahmedabad : Pillars and carved stones, in the compound wall of the tomb of Malik Shaban at Rakhiyal, taken from some Jain or Hindu temples.
Ghotan : Temple of Bali, probably Jain, appropriated later on to the use of Hindu deities.
Sohagpur : Jain images in the Thakur's gadhi.
Bijawada : Ruins of a very large Jain temple, probably erected during the roth or with century A.D. at Bandarpekhna hills-Its foundations dug up to provide materials for a new Saiva temple-The ruins consists of slabs of stones and three Digambara images-Vijeśvara temple entirely built of stones obtained from the ruins of the Jain temple-Images of the Digambara sect built into the walls of the temple.
Rajor : The garbhagriha of an ancient temple containing a Jain image and an image of Vişņu or Surya.
Sundarsi : Temples containing many fragments of Saiva and Jain images.
Bihar : Hindu or Jain materials used in the erection of a masjid during the reign of Sultan Mahmud I of Malwa in 844 A.H. (1440 A.D.
Kotra : Reference to a headless Jain image in the Gazetteer of Rajgadh.
Naroli; Ten inscribed Jain images discovered, all dedicated on the same date V.S. 1193 (A.D. 1130).
Hallur : An old Jain temple, locally called “Melgudi”, and worshipped as a śaiva temple for sometime, probably built during the time when the Digambara Jains were inhabiting the place in about with century A.D.
Velapur : A Jain temple of Chalukya type, dedicated to Pärśvanätha, in the centre of the village known as Sarkarwada.
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE REPORT: No. 8 (b) Jain temple, Hallur. No. 28 (a) Jain colossus, Bijawad. No. 33 (a) Jain image from Naroli.
