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Hamir's77 battle against the Muslim armies. Massive destruction of Hindu and Jain shrines was mercilessly conducted by the forces of Alauddin as can be gathered from fragments of inscriptions, now studded in the Gambhiri river bridge, built by his son Khizra Khan, who was posted at Chittor. The Digambar Jain Kirtistambh and the temple situated near it were also affected by this invasion. This temple was later repaired by the family of Gunaraj during the reign of Maharana Kumbha. The Jain temple of Rishabhdeva (Dhuleva) was damaged by some Muslim forces. It was renovated in V. E. 1431 (1374 A. D.), as is evident from an inscription.78
Alauddin had also laid a siege to Abu demolishing parts of Vimal Vasati, Lunig Vasati and Achaleshvar temple. The Persian sources do not refer to these events. However, the Vividh-TirthKalpa, of Jinprabha Suri79 has a pointed reference to the destruction of Jain temples at Abu, wrought by Mlechchhas. Alauddin's activities are also described at length in a contemporary Jain work entitled Nabhinandan-Jinoddhar Prabandh. A good number of the Jain inscriptions too furnish information regarding the renovation of Abu temples named Vimal-Vasati, Lunig-Vasati, etc. The renovation of Vimal-Vasati was undertaken by several80 Jain families of Mandor between V. E. 1378 (1321 A. D.) to 1395 (1338 A. D.). The phrase "destruction of temple” appears in the inscription dated V. E. 1378 (1321 A.D.) of Vimal-Vasati's Dehari No. 52. A Jain merchant named Sanghapati Pethad undertook massive81 repairs of the temple of Lunig-Vasati. Achaleshvar temple was renovated contemporaneously in V. E. 1378 (1321 A, D.) by Mabarawal Lumbha. In Vimal-Vasati, most of the Devakulikas, the Sikhar, the Mandovar of the main temple, Garbh-Griha etc. were destroyed
77. ibid/JBBRAS Vol. XXIII p. 50. 78. Edited by R. C. Agrawal in the Maru-Bharati, 79. For details see Author's paper named "Alauddin-ka-Abu-par Akraman
published in the Varada Vol. XXVII No. 1-2, 80. M. A. Dhaky's paper published in the Svadhyaya Vol. IX No. 3 pp. 349.
368. 81. Abu II No. 382.
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