Jain Inscriptions of Rajasthan

Author(s): Ramvallabh Somani
Publisher: Rajasthan Prakrit Bharti Sansthan Jaipur

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Jaimal record65A the name of the local ruler as Gajsingh with Amarsingh as his Yuvaraj. This information is very valuable for it proves that upto that year Rathor Amarsingh had not been exiled from Marwar. The inscriptions from the Khed and the Malani regions furnish valuable information about the local rulers of this tract.
Hadoti :
The Hadoti area was another prominent centre of Digambar Jains. Several colossal Jain images datable to the Paramar period (10th to 13th centuries A. D.) were installed at Shergarh, Jhalrapatan, Kesoraipatan, Atru etc. Some inscriptions found from Atru have been edited by the Author. The fragmentary Jain inscriptions of Jhalrapatan, Shergarh, Nainawa and of some other66 places have been published from time to time. But no detailed Jain epigraph has so far been discovered from this area. During medieval times, when this area was under the Sultans of Malwa, several Hindu and Jain shrines were demolished and now most of the old Jain temples of the area are in a dilapidated condition. Some extant Jain 67 inscriptions and colophons of MSS furnish valuable information about Sultan Gayasuddin Khilji of Malwa, a Sultan concerning whose career Persian sources do not provide much information. He had his sway over Amer, Harshnath, (Sikar), Chatsu, Ajmer etc. The Jain temple of Amer also has some inscriptions incised on the pedestals of the icons belonging to his reign. During Aurangzeb's reign, when Hindu shrines were being brutally destroyed a new Jain temple was built at Chand Khedi (Khanpur).
65A. Author's paper on the inscriptions of the family of Mubnot Nenasi pub
lished in the Varada Vol. XII No. 3.
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The copies of several inscriptions of this area were made available to me by Mahopadhyaya Shri Vinay Sagar. For details see the following papers of the Author : (i) The Solankies of Toda published in the Sambodhi, Ahmedabad Vol.ll! No. 4 pp. 75-78)/Etihasika-Sodh-Sangrah by the Author pp. 32-42. (ii) Sultan Gayasuddin and Rajasthan published in the Journal of the Rajasthan Institute of Historical Research/Etihasika-Sodh-Sangrah by the the Author pp. 22-31.