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of the crowd of his adversaries had attainted the high standard of the fame of ancient king like Nala, Ramchandra, Yudhishthira and Vikramaditya. This king had been so impressed & moved to meres by the clener expounding of piety by Sri Hiravijaya Suri that the granted security of life (Amnri-This order prohibiting slaughter of animals was issued in A. D. 1582. Vide Smith, Akbar the Great Mogul, p. 167) to animals of all kinds for 106 days in the year for all time and in all parts of his kingdom: namely on 18 days on account of the Paryushana fast, for 40 days in celebration of his birth day and on the 48 Sundays in the year. Another passage in the inscript tion supplies a goncalogical account of the donor In Iraraja and yet another of the pontiff Hira vijaya suri. We are further informed that this pontiff was the recipient of the renowned title of Universal teacher,' a collection of books and amnesty for prisoners from Jalalud Din Akbar, the son of Humayun, whose foet were adorod by the kings of Kashmir, Kamarupa....... Kabul, Bodakshan, Dhili, Marus. thali (Marwar), Gujaratra, Malava, oto It is intersting to noto hore that this visit of Sri Hirvijaya Suri to the Emperor Akbar at T'athepur Sikri and the consequent promulgation of a Parman prohibiting the slaughter of animals or certain dates in the years also vraphically described in the Mahakarya nainod Hirasnabhagyam of Devavimla Gani which contains a proctical account of the life of this well-known teacher. The enumeration of the dates of prohibition however, differs in some details from that given in the Buirat inseription Vorses 261 und 263 of canto 14 of this work also mention the construction of Indraraja's temple at Bairat and its consecration by Sri Hiravijaya Suri at the invitation of Indraraja The date of the Malakavyu is not known It is now clear that it must have been composed a good doul after the date of the Bairat inscription.
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जैन मन्दिर (प्लेट १, बी.) तहसील के निकट स्थित है, और इसमें एक एकान्त पवित्र स्थान एक विस्तीर्ण सभामंडप सहित सम्मिलित है और यह दूसरी तीन दिशाओं में एक चोडे गोल पथ से घिरा हुआ है। वहां पर एक उंची दिवारसे घिरा हुआ लम्बा चोडा खुला चोगान (चौक) है जिसकी पूर्व दिशा में द्वार के सामने एक स्थम्भ के आश्रित दहलिज है जो सुन्दरताइ से चित्रित है, आंगन की दक्षिण दिशा की दिवार के अन्दरकी तरफ एक बडा खुदा हुआ पत्थर की सिला (सिलालेख) बनाहुआ है जिसे पहिले डा० भंडारकरने देखा था (उपर दीहुइ उनकी सूचना
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