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constructed in V. E. 1826 by Godha Anoop Chand's son Nandlal. The Digambar temple known as Sawalanji and Panchayati and Vimalnath Shvetambar temple have several ancient sculptures brought from other sites.
Khandhar :
It is a famous ancient Jain site with several colossal Jain icons, bearing inscriptions of V. E. 1230, 1568, 1594 etc. The inscription of V. E. 1230 contains the name Sagar sena, and Chhatrasena. The name of Chhatrasena also appears in the inscription44 of Ghat (Jaipur), showing that these Jain monks had a widespread influence in Dhundhar. The inscriptions of V. E. 1568 and 1594 refer to the reign of Silahadi of Malwa and Vikramaditya Tomar of Gwalior.45 This reveals that the place passed in the hands of Silahadi, Maharana Sanga and Vikramaditya Tomar. In the Bisapanthi temple of Khandhar, there is an icon of Adinath installed in V. E. 1841.
Bayana :
Bayana is also an ancient town. During the Gupta period it was ruled by a republic of the Varika tribe. Some Maharaj16 Mahasenapati, who was respected even by the Yaudheyas was ruling here, as is apparent from a fragmentary inscription. A Pundarika47 sacrifice was arranged here by Vishnu Vardhan, in 372 A. D. A hoard of the Gupta gold coins was also48 noticed from this place. Later this49 territory came in the possession of the Surasena dynasty, who held it for a long time. Kama and Bayana both were centres of this dynasty. The ancient name of Bayana was Shripath. The Chitralekha inscription50 of 955 A. D. speaks of a grant for a Vishnu temple. It was also a centre of the Jainism. Some Jain images, were noticed from this place. Most of them are now in the Bharatpur Museum. An icon was installed in 994
44. Anekant XXIV No. 2 p. 83./Mahavir Jayanti Smarika (1972) 45. Edited by Dr. Ram Chandra Rai in Researcher. Vol. XI 46. J. F. Fleet-Corpus-Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol. II p. 251. 47. ibid p. 252.
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A. S. Altekar I. H. Q. XVIII p. 71-JNSI XXII p. 279. 49. I. A. X pp. 34-36.
50. E. I. XXII P. 121.
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