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Mahavir temple of Ghanerao, the Ambika temple of Jagat and Lankeshwar temple of Karkot (Tonk).
Ghanerao :
The Mahavir temple here is quite old. It has a Garbh-Griha a Goodh-Mandap a Trika-Mandap, a Ranga-Mandap a Patta-Salika and twenty four Devakulikas. This temple is also properly known as Muchhala-Mahavir. In the ceiling of the Trika Mandap, the Padma-shilas are depicted with their outer faces.31 Some ceilings, known as Samatal-Vitan, consist of several human figures arranged in floral and geometrical designs. On the basis of inscriptions and architectural style, this site certainly appears ancient and the temple can be assigned to the 10th century A.D. The oldest inscription32 is of V.E. 1033 (976 A.D.) and is incised on the ceiling of the Goodh-Mandap. Another inscription is dated V.E. 1214 (1157 A.D.) which contains the name of Shresthi Soban who had commissioned a new icon. In Ghanerao town, there are two Jain temples33 known as Kunthnath and Godi-Parshvanath. They were constructed in the years V.E. 1872 and 1814 respectively. Mabavir Temple : Sewadi :
This is an old temple and is much celebrated among the ancient Jain shrines of Godawar. Several inscriptions from the twelth to the fourteenth centuries have been found here pertaining to religious endowments made by different donors. The main temple is constructed on the usual plan. The pillars of TrikaMandap are beautifully carved. The Ranga-Mandap seems to have been added in the 15th century. The temple is evidently quite old and may reasonably be placed in the 10th century A.D. An inscription34 of V.E. 1172 (1115 A.D.) tells us that Thallak's grandfather Yasodeva constructed the Shantinath Khattak in the temple. This shows that in the third quarter of the 11th century
31. ibid P. 314. 32. Dolat Singh Lodha No. 323 and 324. 33. Yatindra-Vihar II P. 63. 34. E. I. Vol. XI P. 62/Jin Vijay No. 323.
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