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Baghera :
Baghera is an inportant centre of Chauhan-Art. Several Jain Shaiv and Vaishnava icons were salvaged from this place. It was a prolific centre of sculptures. Several Jain icons having inscriptions of V. E. 1195, 1196, 1201, 1203, 1209, 1221, 1245, 1215, 1250 etc. 40 have been discovered here. A good number of Jain sculptures now preserved in Ajmer Museum, and in the Jain temples of Tonk, Anwa, Kekadi, Jahazpur etc. were brought from this place. It was the centre of Digambar Jains. The Bagherwals (Digambar. Jains) claim their descent from this place.
Ranathambhor :
According to literary sources there41 was in this fortress town a Jain temple of the 11th century A. D., the flagstaff of which was hoisted by Prithviraj Chauhan I. During Akbar's reign when this place was within the Jagir of Jagannath Kachhawa his minister Khima shah constructed a Jain temple and a step well. Details of manifold activities of Khimashah are available in the KhimShaubhagya Kavya. In V. E. 1687, Jayaswal42 Singhvi Thakurasi had a Rishi Mandal yantra set up at Ranthambor (Shri Ranasthambhor Idam Patrum Nirmapitam). When this fort was handed over to Sawai Madho singh by the Mughal Emperor he renovated the fort. Gyan chand Kasliwal and Likhamichand Khinduka were its Kiledar and Mutsadi respectively in the year V. E. 1864, when the large wooden doors of the gate were replaced, as is apparent from an inscription at the site.
Sawai-Madhopur town was founded by Sawai Madho singh in the vicinity of Ranathambhor. There are 10 Digambars and a few Shvetambar13 temples here. The Bade Diwanji temple was
40. Kailash Chand Jain-Ancient Cities and Towns of Rajasthan (1972)
Appendix No. 31. 41. The Catalogue of MSS of Patan Bhandar p. 312-316. 42. On the basis of information supplied by Dr. Kasliwal (Mahavir Bhawan).
Jaipur. 43. On the basis of information supplied by Dr. Kasliwal (Mahavir Bhawan)
Jaipur.
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