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founder of the Ganga dynesty, established on the hill of Mandali a basadi of wood (E. C. VIII, Sh. 41). Avinita and Durvinita benefactors of temples (I. A. Vol. I. P. 136). Marasimpha's general Srivijaya established Jinendra temple at Manne (E. C. IX, MD. 60). Grant by Sripurusha to a Jain temple of Kandachchi at Gudulur. Hindu temples, plan identical with the prevailing style of the Jainas (M.A.R. 1921, pp. 38-39). Some essential features. Characterizing Jain structures in the country,
Pp. 171-72. Great upheaval in religious thought about the 7th century with the rise of Vaishanava and Saiva saints who carried on propagandist activities to suppress the nihilistic tendencies of Jainism and Buddhism. This period witnessed also the beginning of temples in stone.
Pp, 174-75. Later Jain temples : Between the 7th and 10th centuries when the Jaina Acāryas were at their height, some of the more elegant specimens of architecture were raised in all important Jaina centres as Javagal, Kuppattur, Algodu. Ankanāthapur, Chikkahana---soge, Heggadadevarnakote, Kittur, Humcha and above all at Sravanabelogla, where both the "historic and the picturesque clasp hands".
The Chandranātha basti at Hanagal (M.A.R. 1911) the Santinātha basti at Kuppattur (M.A.R. 1912, P. 42), the Adinath at Hanasoge (M.A.R. 1912, p. 13), the Pärsvanātha basti at Kittur, the Guddada basti of Bāhubali, built by Vikramaditya Sentara in 898 A, D., the Pancha basti built by Chattala Devi, the Pallava queen and the adopted daughter of Rākāsa Ganga, the Makara Jinālaya at Angadi with vestiges of old Jain bastis and the ruined figures of Tirthankaras (E. C. VI, Mudigere 9), all bear testimony to their construction in the early Dravidian style. Description given.
P. 175. Chandragupta basti on the Chandragiri hill in Śravaņa Belgola considered to be one of the oldest temples on the hill. Chaundarayas' son Jinadevanna adorned bis father's basti (982 A, D.) by adding an upper storey. Description given.
Pp. 175–78. Ganga sculpture : Stambhas, Jain mantapas, Manastambhas and Brahmadeva pillars. Virakals, Betfas (hills).
Pp. 176-7. Gomata Images, Lakshmi, Sarasvati, Indra, Aşta Dikpalakas, Indrāni, Yakşas and Yakshiņis, Navagrahas or 9 planets.
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M. RAMA RAO. Antiquities of Chebrolu (A. I. O. C., Session X; 1940).
Pp. 354-5. Controversies regarding the antiquities of Jain & Buddhistic remains.
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