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ary inscriptions of the 15th century A. D. record the names of visitors to this shrine. An inscription43 dated V. E. 1488 (1431 A. D.) from the reign of Mabarana Mokal informs us that constructional work in the temple continued upto that time.
Ahar and Udaipur :
Ahar was an important site during ancient times. A group of the Jain temples were built here from the dismembered architectural pieces of the older temples. Several loose sculptures of Hindu divinities are studded in the walls of these Jain temples. An inscription44 of the 10th century A. D. from the reign of Allat in a Jain temple was edited by the author. It records that Allat had killed Pratihar Devapal. There are several other valuable inscriptions also to be seen in the temples. In V. E. 1583 (1527 A, D) a Shantinath icon was installed 45 here, but is now preserved in the Vijayagachchha Upasara of Bhilwara. During the reigns of Maharana Jagatsingh I and Rajsingh I, several Shyetambar and Digambar Jain temples were constructed. The Bafana family constructed a temple in Udaipur, where icons bearing inscriptions of V. E. 1709 (1653. A. D.) and V. E. 1735 (1678 A. D) are installed. In the reign of Maharana Arisingh the Jain temple of Chogan (Udaipur) was constructed by the descendants of Navalakha Sahanpal and his kin. The Shital nath temple of Humbads was built in V. E 1781 (1724 A. D.) during the reign of Maharana Sangramsingh 11. It has a lengthy inscription concerning Acharyas of Brihad-Tapagachchha and the ancestors of Dhanraj Gandhi, a resident of Udaipur.
Several Digambar Jain icons are also installed there. In V. E. 1585 (1528 A. D.) grand festivities were held at Ahar by Digambars. In the reign of Maharana Rajsingh I, the Ajitnath temple was built in V. E. 1726 (1669 A. D.) by the Narasinghpura
43. Noticed by the Author in Shodh-Patrika/also History of Mewar by the
Author p. 120. 44. Edited by the Author in Varada XIV No. 1. pp. 1-3 and Indian Epigraphy
Vol. Ip. 132. 45. History of Mewar by the author p. 296.
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