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during Alauddin's invasion. These were obviously renovated between V. E. 1378 (1321 A. D.) to 1395 (1338 A. D.).
The armies of the Sultans of Malwa and Gujarat carried out similar demolition of temples in Southern Rajasthan, including Mewar, during the 15th and 16th centuries A. D. as reported in the Persian chronicles. The temples of Devakulapatak, Nagada, Sirohi, Abu, Jawar, Hadoti etc. suffered damages. There are numerous epigraphical references to their renovation.
The inscription from the Chintamani temple, Bikaner dated V. E. 1592 (1535 A. D.) records that when Mughal forces under Kamaran invaded Bikaner; they sacked the temple and demolished the82 Parikar of the icon. A contemporary work called “Chhand Rao Jaitasi” also speaks of the Mughal attack on Bikaner, but it only describes the defeat of the forces of Kamaran at the hands of Rao Jaitasi of Bikaner and is silent concerning the demolition of temples. It is only the temple epigraph that reveals to us Kamaran's destructive activities.
The eastern gate (Pratoli) of the Jain temple of Ranakpur was also demolished by the Mughal army. It was rebuilt at the expense of 48 gold coins by the Pragavat Jain family of Usmanpur, Ahmedabad in V. E. 1647 (1590 A. D.). This eastern gate together with Meghanad Mandap etc. were added to the Ranakpur temple by the above family in V. E. 1611 (1554) as is evinced by an inscription engraved there. The Sadari inscription of the family of Tarachand Kavadia dated V. E. 1654, Baisakh Sudi 2, (of which we have spoken earlier) read with the colophon of Gora Badal Chaupai dated V. E. 1648 (1591 A. D.) reveals that Maharana Pratap84 was keenly interested in arranging for the rehabilitation of people, who had lost their homes and in the renovation of religious shrines destroyed during the Mughal invasions. Again during the reign of Maharana Amarsingh, when a Mughal army
82. Bikaner No. 2. 83, Jin Vijay No. 308 and 309. 84. The Etihasik Sodh Sangrah by the Author pp. 69-71,
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