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Shah of Malwa. When Gazani Khan came to the throne, under the name of Muhammad Shah Ghori, he repaid the entire money with good interest. The family of Ratna Shah settled in Malwa. But Dharana Shah came to Mewar. With the permission43 of Maharana Kumbha, he settled at Madari and constructed the temple of Ranakpur. The construction work started before V.E. 1494, as evinced from the earliest reference to Ranakpur available in the copper plate of Maharana Kumbha dated V.E. 1494, edited44 by the Author. In V.E. 1496, when the ground floor was completed, an opening ceremony was celebrated at the hands of Som sundar Suri of Tapagachchha. In the Tirthamalas Dharana Shah is said to have undertaken 4 works namely (1) construction of Danashala (2) Dharmashala (3) Jinalaya and (4) Mahalaya. These were completed in V.E. 1498 except the temple, a part of which was only constructed till that time. A grand ceremony was arranged. The Som Saubhagya -Kavya15 contains a vivid description of the festivities. The construction work of the temple continued upto V. E. 1515, when the corner temples were completed. The second and third storeys of the temple were46 built in V.E. 1507 and 1508 respectively.
Dharana's brother Ratna's descendants continued to remain in Malwa. In V.E. 1495, Ratna dedicated a bronze image, which is now in a Jain temple of Bikaner. Its inscription47 does not have any details concerning the family of Dharana Shah. This is a clear hint that they were living separately. Most of the descendants of Dharana Shah are now residing at Ghanerao, and no outstanding achievement by any of his progeny is known. Ratna's descendant Sahasa constructed the temple of Achalagarh in V.E. 1566.
43. An. Rep. Arch. Survey of India 1907-8 p. 21/Peterson-Bhav-Nagar Inscriptions p. 121/Jin Vijay No. 307.
44. Edited by the Author in Maru Bharati Vol. XVI No. 2 p. 53 and in the Journal of Rajasthan Institute of Historical Studies. Also the Author's paper published in Sambodhi Vol IX
45. Som-Saubhawya-Kavya. IX 58-59.
46. Maharana Kumbha by the Author pp, 267-268,
47. Bikaner No. 1502
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