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after 19 years. The earlier structure was damaged either due to a natural calamity, or by religious intolerance.
The temple has got a beautiful Ranga-Mandap. Vijay deva suri of Tapagachchha is referred to in an inscription35 of V. E. 1678. He also consecrated the icon of Hir Vijay Suri in V. E. 1690. Six foot prints in stone of Adinath, Chandra Prabha, Shantinath, Neminath, Parshwanath and Mahavir were installed in V. E. 1695 by Singhvi Rai-singh etc. The Adinath temple is another important shrine. In V. E. 1672 an icon of Adinath was installed there by Shrimal Godidas's son Sahimall. Malpura also remained a centre of Digambar Jains. In V. E. 1710, when this place was under the rule of Arjun Gaur a Dash-Laxan-Yantra was prepared by Patani Khanu etc., and consecrated by Narendra kirti. Several Digambar MSS were also copied out here. Toda Rai Singh :
Toda Rai Singh is famous for its ancient monuments. It was a capital of the Solankies36 from 15th to 16th centuries A. D. The Bijoliya inscription37 of V. E. 1226 records its name as Taksakagarh, where a Jain temple was built by the ancestors of Shresthi Lolak. During the Solanki period, a good number of Jain MSS were copied here. During the reign of Shahjehan, it was granted as a jagir to Rai singh son of Bhim Sisodia. He patronised38 all religious faiths. There are 3 Nesidhikas bearing the inscriptions of V. E. 1274, 1649 and 1589.
Anwa is another important town, situated near Toda Rai Singh. Several icons having inscriptions dated V. E. 1221, 1223 and 1248 were noticed here. A big prashasti dated39 V. E. 1594 found from this place contains a detailed genealogy of the Solankies of Toda, Similarly Duni and Raj Mahal are two important towns having several Jain icons.
35. Jain Satya Prakash No. 58 pp. 358-362. 36. For details see Author's paper published in Sambodhi (Ahmedabad
vol. IV). 37. E. I. Vol. XXVI pp. 89-102. 38. Vir-Vani Vol. X p. 164. 39. ibid p. 126 and 238.
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