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In Nenawa (Bundi) there15 are six Digambar Jain temples and one Nashiya. On Navalsagar and Chhota talab, there are several memorial inscriptions. The inscriptions of V.E. 1084 and 1184 refer to some Dharkat families. Digambar Bhattarak15A Pratapdeva is referred to in the inscriptions of V.E. 1351. Some pupil of Padmanandi is mentioned in a memorial slab inscription dated V.E. 1333. At Dabalana and Indragarh there are Chaityalayas one in each town. Several MSS were also copied at Khatakar.
Khanpur :
Khanpur is situated in District Jhalawar. One Bagherwal family organised a grand Pratishtha Mahotsava in V.E. 1746 (1690 A.D.). This was the period of Aurangzeb, when Hindu and Jain temples were being razed to the ground. Thus the construction of a new temple was certainly a courageous step. Its Pratishtha was celebrated on a very large scale under the leadership of Bhattarak Jagatkirti. The icons and Yantras consecrated during this Pratishtha are to be found in nearly all important temples of Rajasthan.
From Ramgarh several inscriptions of the 12th centuries have been noticed which prove that a big Jain temple existed there.
Ajmer and Eastern Rajasthan
The region Ajmer and eastern Rajasthan was a prosperous centre of Jainism. It made a marked progress during pre-medieval times, when this territory was under the Chauhans. From Rajorgarh (Alwar) anl inscription dated V.E. 979 (923 A.D.) of the reign of Pratihar king Savat was found, recording the construction of a Jain temple and the installation of an image of Shantinath by Dharkat Sarvadeva. This temple has a life size icon in red stone, thirteen feet nine inches high with a canopy overhead. Ajmer, Baghera, Narena, Amer, Sanganer and other towns in eastern Rajasthan were important Jain centres during the Chauhan period.
15. Vir Vani-XII p. 304 15A Varada Vol XIV No. 4 pp. 22 to 25 1, An Rep. on Indian Epigraphy year 61-62 No. B128
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