Book Title: Jaina Bibliography Part 2
Author(s): A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust

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________________ 1900 JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY The Jain traditions throw additional light on the glory of the Sātavāhanas; Sātavāhanas' power extended from Mathura in the north to Mathura in the south; rivalry between Nahapāņa and Gautamiputra for the port of Broach. 2856 D. C. SIRCAR-Nagara-Sreshthin (I. H. Cong., 17th Sess., Ahmedabad), 1954. P. 53. The Nagaraśresthin represent the various guilds or corporations of the town or the rich urban population. P. 55. According to Top (Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vol. II, P. 682), most of the Nagarseths of Rajasthan in the first half of the nineteenth century were Jains. 2857 Reginald Le May-The Culture of South East Asia. London, 1954. Cambodia : its Indian origin. P. 116. Sirpur, now a small village on the right bank of the Mahanadi, 37 miles east by north of Raipur (Central Provinces). J. D. BEGLAR visited this place in 1873-74. Beglar reported a temple there to be Buddhistic and Jain as well as Brahmanic in form and style. 2858 Banarsi Das Jain ---Jainism in the Punjab. (Sarūpa Bhārati : the Dr. Lakshman Sarup Memorial Volume) Hoshiarpur, 1954. Pp. 238-247. P. 239. Takşasila-Kingdom of Bahubali : temples F and G at Sirkap probably Jaina (Sir John Marshal, Arch. Annual, 1914-15). P. 240. Harappa--Clay seal with standing males found at Harappa comparable to Jaina statues of Rşabha as in Indus seals fig. 13 in plate XII of Mohenjodaro, Vol. I. P. 241. Simhapura- From Kapisa (eastern part of Afghanistan) Hiuen Tsiang came to Simhapura; here he found white clothed heretics and the Digambara Jainas and a temple; Sir Anrel Stein discovered in 1889 the remains of the Simhapura Jain temple near the modern Katās (Katākṣa) (Gazetteer of Jhelum Dist., Labore, 1904, pp. 43-46). Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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