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P. 111. Destruction of Jaina temples in Gujrat by Muhammadans, Jaina Tower at Chitore dates from 12th century Jaina temples at Mt. Ābu--of Vimala Sha and Tejapāla ca 1032 and 1232--Veritable dreams of Beauty (Consens) domical ceiling most remarkable feature.
P. 112. Tarañga near Sidhapur a place of Jain pilgrimage--a temple of Ajitnātha built by Kumarapāla. Temple of Neminātha at Girnār older than 1278-another built by Tejahpāla and Vastupāla latter of Cālukyan FashionTemple of Ādinātha in Kharataravāsi Tuk, built by a banker of Ahmedabad 1618. -another shrine built by Nagar seth of Ahmedabad in 1840-picturesquely situated Jain temples at Ranpur (specially the Gaumukha temple A. D. 1438) in Jodhpur and Pārasnāth in Bengal.
P. 116. Nāgara style Jain temples -Dharmanātha at Ahmedabad 19th century, Sonargarh and Muktāgiri temples of 16th and 17th century.
P. 118 Śravaņa Belgoļa Hasan Dist. S/India--chief seat of Jainas-innumerable shrines---some in villages and other on hills cikka and dodda Bellas--betta a special form of shrine with courtyard open to the sky, cloisters round about and in centre a colossal image not of a Tirthankara but of a saint-great image of Gommateśvara on the Dodda-betta-57 ft. high largest free standing images of the world carved in situ for Cāmunda Rāja about 983 A. D. A 20 ft. high figure at Hivālā-statues of Bharateśvara.
Bastis of Cola Dravida style of 11th and 12th century-Jain matha in the village decorated with paintings from the life of certain Tirthankara and Jaina Kings.
P. 118(n). Jaina bronzes include one published by Nahar and Chose 'Epitome of Jainism' and one in Barto Museum Bhavanagar. A Jaina painting preserved on the ceiling of a Jaina temple at Kāncīpuram, another, ascribed to the eleventh century at Tirumalai N. Arcot, Dist. (E. I lx 229).
Kannada (Kanara) Jain temple at Mudabidri near Mangalore of Vijayanagar style. Kannada style closely resembling the style of Nepal.
Gommateśvara figures not found in northern India -colossal imagas at Gwalior.
Gujrat paintings--illustrations of Jaina texts influenced by Kaipa sūtra and Kalikacārya katha. Kalikacārya Katha--Jain work describing Kālika's (a Jain monk) dealing with king Gardabhilla.
XI-36. Rani Gumphā, Khandagiri ca. 100 B, C. (Sunga). XIII-45. Dhamma cakka shrine.
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