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1280
JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY N-2. Tod says that Mewar afforded refuse to the Jaina and some of the Rāņās gave them special privileges. Inspite of their numerical weakness the Jains occupied very important place in the commercial and political life of Rajputana in Tod's days.
P. 148. An inscription (v.s. 1494, A.D. 1438) at Nagada refers to the construction of a Jain temple there.
P. 149. An inscription (v.s. 1496, A.D. 1440) at Ranpur in Marwar, tells that Rāņā Kumbha's favourite was 'Samghapati Dharanaka, a Jaina who had repaired and constructed Jain temples. This pious Jain made pilgrimages with the farman of Ahammada, the Sultan (Ahmad Shah of Gujarat--1411, 1441 A.D.).
An inscription (v.s. 1654, A.D. 1598) at Sadadi in Marwar refers to the construction of a Jain temple in Raņa Amar Simha's reign.
1362
D. G. MANAJAN.--Historical References to Jainism in Lanka Dwip, The Ancient Ceylon in Buddhist Scriptures. (Ind. Hist, Cong. 9th Sess. Annamalainagar, 1945). Pp. 425-31.
From the references in Dipavansa and Mahävansa, the ancient works of Ceylon we can identify the ruins and relics as belonging to Jainism. The Mahāvansa indicates the existence of Jainism in Ceylon before the advent of Buddhism in that country. King Udayan (496 B.C.) probably founded the city of Anuradhāpur. Udayan, a Sisunag, was a Jain, built several Jain temples and Stupa in Anuradhapur. A house for Nigantha Jotyia ; the Nigantha Giri; a Chapel for the Nigantha Kumbandha. King Pandukabhaya rendered great services for the cause of Niganthas ; he founded the city of Anurādhāpur and made it his capital in 437 B.a. King Abhaya built the Mahävihar (Abhayagiri Vihar) on the place of the Arama of Nigantha Giri. To the west of Abhayagiri Stupa at a distance of two or three furlongs, there are two stone idols in Padmāsan ; the bigger idol is nude; the other has one or two slight lines on the chest possibly carved afterwards to make it a Buddhist idol. The Veddas, the aboriginis of Ceylon identified with the Vidyadharas of the Jains.
1363
Suniti Kumar CHATTERJI -Buddhist Survivals in Bengal. (B.C. Law Volume, Pt. I. Calcutta, 1945).
P. 75. Both in Upper India and Bengal a comingling of cults among Purānic Brahmanism, Buddhism and Jainism.
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