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S. PARANAVITANA. Stüpa in Ceylon (Memoirs of the Arch. Svi. of Ceylon. Vol. V.) Colombo, 1946.
P. 2. Jainism, a religion founded by an older contemporary of the Buddha, had, in early times, its own stupas which, from an architectural point of view, did not differ much from the Buddhist stūpas of the same age. Actual remains of preBuddhists stupas have been found at some places in North India; both the Buddhists and the Jainas adopted the stūpa from carlier cults.
P. 7. The reign of Vattagāmani Abhaya (circa. 44-17 B. c.) is a memorable one for the development of stupa building in Ceylon. Shortly after coming to the throne, this monarch lost his kingdom to some invaders from South India; and, while he was flying before his victorious enemies, he was insulted by a Jain ascetic who lived in a monastery near ihe north gate of the city. After about 15 years spent in exile, Vattagamani succeeded in regaining his throne and remembering the slight offered to him by the Jain ascetic, demolished the latter's hermitage and founded a Buddhist Bihāra to which was given the name of Abhayagiri The centre of this foundation which, in later times, was inclined towards heterodox doctrines, was, as usual, a great stūpa. The stūpa of the Abhayagiri-bihāra, now erroneously called the Jetevana (Plate II, b, Abhayagiri Dagoba, Anuradhapur), The Abhayagiri, in the estimation of the modern Buddhists, has no sanctity. No mention is made of any particular relic enshrined in this stūpa.
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Ancient India-Number 2, Delhi, July, 1946.
P. 110. Fig. 45—Palaeographical chart of select letters from early South Indian Inscriptions.
Includes 14 Sittannavāsal letters.
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A. V. NAIK--Structural Architecture of the Deccan. (N. I. A. Vol. IX.-1947, Bombay).
P. 302. The Jain temples Group (H).
Remains of the Jain structural temples widely scattered over the Deccan have an amazing simplicity which, though harmonious with their puritanic creed, offers a remarkable contrast to the rich ornamentation of the contemporary cogitate temple in Gujarat.
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