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The boundary wally of this temple is 177 st. to 190 st. in length and 109 ft. to 144 ft. in width. It has three storeys, a feature perhaps modelled on Ranakpur. Its architect was Goda, who carved beautiful figures and tried to continue the grand tradition of the older medievallo Jain temples of Jaisalmer Ranakpur etc. The Mulanayak icon of the ground floor was consecratedli in V. E. 1579 (1522 IA. D.). Similarly the Mulanayak icon of the second storey has an inscription of V. E. 1619 (1562 A. D.).
The Neminath temple situated near the Bhandasar temple wasi3 completed in V.E. 1570 (1513 A. D.) by Karma Singh. The Mulanayak icon was set up12 in V. E. 1593 (1537 A. D.). The Simandhar Swami temple was completed in V. E. 1887 (1830 A. D.).
Rishabdeva Temple (Nahaton ki Guwad).
This temple was built13 in V. E. 1662 (1605 A. D.) during the reign of Maharaja Rai Singh. The inscription engraved on the Mulanayak furnishes a great deal of information. Sumati Kallola a Jain writer calls this temple the Shatrunjaya-Avatar. Nearly 40 icons were consecrated here during the time of the Pratishtha by JinChandra Suri of Kharatargachchha. The inscriptions on other icons are also quite informative. One inscription records that Jehangir, 14 who had abolished taxes levied on several Jain temples including Shatrunjaya received religious instruction from Jinchandra Suri of Kharataragachchha. The icon of Jinchandra was set up by Chopada Jayasoma in V.E. 1686 (1630 A. D.). The Pandava-Deharil5 was built in V.E. 1713 (1656 A. D.) and in it the icons of Yudhishthir, Bhim, Arjun, Nakul and Sahadeva were installed. There are very few icons of the Pandavas in existence. The Harsh temple
9. Bikaner No. 1165 the datails of this family are being given separately, 10. ibid introduction, 11. ibid No. 1166. 12. ibid No. 1193. 13, Bikaner No, 1399. 14. ibid No. 1405. 15. The name of Bhim preceeded Arjun, which is against the tradition,
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