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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
P. 303. Jainism flourished during the medieaval period, more in the southern parts of the Deccan than in its other parts. The earliest date that could be obtained for a Jain Temple in the Deccan from the known Epigraphic evidence is Saka 1030 (1108 A. D.) and the stylistic evidence offered by the existing Jain Temples, suggest that none of them was probably erected before the 12th century. The Jains in the Deccan were the last to build structural temples as they were the last to excavate the cave temples. The topography of the Jain Temples (see map) in the Deccan indicates that geographically the sect was spread all over the Deccan. But numerically they are even less than the Vaisnava temples-may be due to poor economic conditions of the sect or to insufficient following and royal patronage.
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The Jain structural remains are found at:
(a) in Berar:
1. Sirpur
2. Mekhar
3. Satgaon.
(b) in Khandesh district :
1. Patne
2. Nizampur.
(c) in Nasik District:
1. Anjaneri 2. Pinnar.
(d) in Ahmednagar District:
1.
Ghotan
2. Pedgaon
3.
Mehekri
4. Miri.
(e) in Thana district :
1. Karoli.
(f) in Sholapur District:
1. Velapur. (g) Kolhapur State :
1. Kolhapur
2. Honnur
3. Herle
4. Terdal.
Pp. 903-305. Temples at Anjaneri (H. Covsens-Medieaval Temples of the Dakhan Pp. 44-45, Pt. LIX).
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