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have found place in the appendix of the same. Of these 22 inscriptions one is from a Hindu temple of Sri Lakshmikantji in the fort and Nos. 20 and 21 are two portions of the same inscription and actually therefore there are only 20 Jain inscriptions in the work. I have seen one more vernacular inscription from Amarsagar published in "Jain Sahitya Samsodhaka," a quarterly from Poona. Altogether there are, therefore, only 21 published inscriptions from Jaisalmer. The total number published in this volume is 479 and so the reader:will get here 458 new inscriptions
Towards the end of 1925 I visited Jaisalmer via Barmer route. The first sight of the temples with large number of images within them convinced me th stay, the utmost I could spare at the time, will hardly suffice in taking rubbings of all the various interesting Prasastis and inscriptions on the pedestals of images preserved there. However, my stay in the city was for about 10 days, after which I visited Lodarva, Amarsagar, Devikote and other places. The present volume is the result of
I need hardly say that many of these inscriptions will be found useful, but I think it ny duty to draw the attention of scholars to at least a few of the most interesting and unique among them. The first one which deserves attention is Tapapattika inscription (No. 2144 ).
Tapapattika :- A glance at the plate will show that austerities and penances laid down in Jaiu Agamas, looked upon with great veneration, are inscribed on the stone along with the five Kalyanak Tithis of the 24 Tirthankars or the great Teachers of the present cycle of years. The five important events in a Tirthankar's life namely conception, birth, initiation, attainment of omniscience and final emancipation are known as Kalyanaks and the dates of such events are held sacred by the Jains,
I have come across only one inscribed tablet in Dilwara temples on Mt. Abu containing these Panch Kalyanak Tithis. No plate has yet been published of this Mt. Abu inscription and with a view to satisfy the curiosity of the general reader and as a material for the student of Jain Antiquity, I pulist the same on a separate plate and hope it will be found useful,
"Aho Shrut Gyanam"
