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his reign. The writer in the Epi. Ind. XIV. p. 165 denies in toto that the Kadambas were ever Jains at all. Had these kings been true Hindus, memorials for the dead would not have been dedicated to Jain ascetics, as they were by Mrigesa, nor would they have ever faild to celebrate the aśvamedha sacrifice as the junior Kings of Palasika boast of having done (Ep. Car, V. p. 121 BL; Epi Car. VI p. 162 Kd.).
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V. RAGHAVENDRA Rao-The Kadambas of Banavase (QJMS Vol. 22, No. 1, 1931, Bangalore).
P. 61. The earliest inhabitants of Mysore were a race of Naga worshippers; on this were imposed, successively the three religions of Jainism, Buddhism and Saivism. Jainisny was introduced into the south by Chandragupta Maurya. After the Nāga worship. Jainism claimed the largest number of votaries. Jainism became the dominant religion in Eastern Mysore under the Gangas.
The Kadan bas whose family God was the Jayanti Madhukeśvara were unablio resit the onset of Jainism, as they had to bow to the supreme Arhats'. Numerous sec s Jaina priests, such as the Yāpaniya, the Nirgantbas, and the Kürchakas, are found living at Palasika in. Ant VII, Pp. 36-37. Svetapatas and Aharāshtı are also mentioned (Vol. VII, Pp. 36, 37). Banavase and Palasika were crowded centres of powerful Jain monks. This dominance received a check in the days of Harivarma. In the days of the Jain supremacy the Vedic religion was not persecuted.
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KG. SANKAR.-The date of Manikyavācaka (close of the 7th century A.C.) QJMS. Vol. 22 No. 1, 1931 Bangalore).
P. 53. King Vallabh.deva. Vallabha a title of Nedumaran. It has been hitherto thought that two other Pāndyas had this title, Jatila Parāntaka and Sri Māra, son of Varaguna I. But this is a mistake. The only reason for thinking that Jatila Parāntaka had the title is that Jinasena (783 A.C.) refers to a Sri Vallabha of the south as his contemporary in a verse (Harivamśa-Colophon 51). This verse has not been properly understood till now, at least by V.A. Smith and R. Shama Sastri. It means that in Śaka 705-783 A.C. Indrāyudha protected the North (Kanauj), (Dhruva) Srivallabh (a common Rashtrakūta title), son of Krishna (I), protected the South (Dekhan), Vatsarāja of Avanti protected the East (Malva) and Jayavaraha protected the West-- Soramandala (Surashtra). The Vallabha of this verse was therefore, a Rashtrakūta and not a Pandya at all.
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