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XXII. On the back of a brass image in the temple of Säntinātha at Sirohi.
Dated Sam. 1524. Records setting up of the image of Dharmanātha by Säha Javada consecration by Jinachandra Sūri of Kharatara Gachchha.
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The Annual Report on the Working of the Rajputana Museum, Ajmer for the year ending 31st March, 1923-Delhi, 1923.
P. 3. VII. An inscription fixed in an arch of the bridge on the Gambhiri river
near Chitor. The stone originally belonged to the Mahāvira temple at the Talahattikā (Talahati, a town at the foot of a hiil) of Chitraküta Mahādurga (Chitor fort) of which there is no trace. It is dated Samvat 1324 (A. D. 1267) and is of the time of Mahārāja, the illustrious Tejasimhadevi (of Mewär). It mentions the name of Hemachandra Sūri, Bhattāraka Padmachandra Sūri and Ratnaprabha Sūri of Chaitra Gachchha.
VIII. Chitorgarh inscription (now in the Udaipur Museum) engraved on
a lintel belonging to a Jain temple. It is dated Wednesday, the fifth day of the bright half of Vaišākha Samvat 1335 (A. D. 1278) and records the construction of the temple of Syāma (black) Parśvanatha by Jayatalladevi queen of Tajasimha, the lord of Medapāta (Mewar) and Chitrakūta (Chitor). It also states that Mahārājakula (Mahā Rāwal) Samarasimhadeva, the ornament of the Guhilaputra (Guhilot) family, granted land to the West of the temple for a monastery to Pradyumna Suri with some endowments.
P. 3. IX. Another inscription fixed in an arch of the bridge on the
Gambhiri river (mentioned above). The inscription originally belonged to some Jain temple and is somewhat defaced. It is of the time of Guhila King Samarismha and records the grant of land to a Jain temple belonging to the Bhatripuriya (Bhatevara) Gachchha for the spiritual welfare of his mother Jayatalladevi who releived religious instruction from Sadhvi (Jain nun ) Sumala.
P. 3. IX. An inscription in Rajasthani language) engraved on a memorial
stone found at Mahroli (markutab Minar at Delhi). It is dated Samvat 1533 (*, D. 1476). It is of the time of Sultan Vahalol (Sultan Bahlol Lodi) and record that the memorial was
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