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PAKISTAN (REF: 36 C)
Singpura:
In the book concerned with the traveling by Yuwan Chuwang, one finds the description that Singpura was situated between the mountains and was around 230 kms in the south-east from Taxila. There was a jain temple and some inscriptions near the jain stupa. Singpura was a great jain religious center. After the discovery of Singpura, Dr. Bhuler encouraged ,Dr.Stein to start excavating the places nearby. Some places were excavated in a Murti village and found many jaina idols. These idols were transported by 25 camels to Lahore Museum. These idols are 100 to 150 years old.
Brahmi Devi temple:
On the basis of Kalpasutra, Brahmi, the daughter of Lord Rishabh was a queen of this place. Later, renunciated the world and became the head of a female sadhvi group.
Kashmir (Kashyap Meru): According to a book written by a Poet Kalhan, the king Satya Pratigya of Kashmir-Afganistan, Emperor Ashoka was a follower of Jaina religion. He and his sons constructed many jain temples. In the Tharparkar district of Sindhu Province many jain temples can be seen even now. Along with King Ashok, Samprati, Chandra Gupta Maurya other name Kharvel is also remembered well Kharvel had an inscription engraved in Brahmi script, which mentions " A kingdom of Chedi Vansha was established in Kalinga. The third king named Kharvel of this dynasty became very popular. An inscription from Haathi Caves found on Udaigiri-Khandgiri mountains in Orissa mentions about the historical events and lifehistory of Kharvel. His queen established a cave house for jain saints and called her husband as 'Kalinga Chakravarti', and her deity as 'Kalinga Jin'. [36D] After the death of Subhagsen, a greek king of Bulkh, Demetrias captured the northern part of India and reached Patliputra. Kharvel, at that time helped Magadha rulers by winning over him. Kharvel was also a strict follower of Jain religion. In the Haathi caves near Bhubneshwar in orrisa his inscription is written in Prakrit language. Taxila and Lord Bahubali Taxila (also called as Podanpur) was one of the most important archeological sites in the world. It had been the famous centre for shilpa, culture and
