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V. V. MIRASHI-Presidential Address, Twenty-fourth Session, Indian History Congress, Delhi, (Pro. IH.C. Calcutta, 1963).
Pp. 12-13. The ideal of Chakravartin before the kings of ancient India, was not for self-aggrandisement but for the promotion of Dharma (righteousness). Such a king was called Dharma-Vijayin. The first king who is traditionally supposed to have brought the whole of India under his rule is Bharata, after whom the country is called Bharatavarsha.
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Gulap Chandra CHOUDHARY-Political History of Northern Indian from Jain sources, (C. 650 A.D. to 1300 A.D.) Pp. XXV, plus 449. Amritsar, 1963.
In this work the author has utilised mainly the Jain sources (mostly Svetambar) with a view to reconstruct, examine, check up or supplement the political history of the various dynasties that ruled in different parts of N. India in the said. period. It shows what light the Jain sources throw on the dynasty as a whole or on the individual rulers, their achievements and pricipal political events of the reigns. Part II of the book pertains to a study of the polity and administration. which evolved during this period.
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R. K. DIKSHIT-Jainism under the Chandellas, (Jain. Ant. Vol XXII, No. I), Arrah, 1963. Pp. 7 to 13.
The allegonical drama of Krsna Misra, Prabodhachandradaya introduces a Digambara ascetic in III Act. The picture presented by Prabodhachandradaya is vitiated and contrary to historical evidence. The Chandella Kings who ruled. over Jejakabhukti (modern Bundelkhand) from the 9th to the 14th century A.D., though were orthodox Saivas showed their respect for and patronage of the rival creeds Buddhism and Jainism. Epigraphic and monumental evidence show that the pradela contained a flourishing Jaina community and its holy Kietras and that the Chandella kings even permitted the Jainas to build their temples in the capital cities of Khajuraho and Mahoba and within the fort walls at Ajayagadha. At Khajuraho, there is compact group of Jaina temples, situated to the South-east of the village, and an isolated temple, the Ghanțai. The Adinath and Pārsvanath temples of the southern group belong to the Chandella period. Most important, of these is the temple of Santinätha. The Pärsvanatha temple is the largest and the finest of the ancient shrines showing an inscription of v.s. 1011. They offer ample material
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