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plain) on the Vindhyagiri hül. The huge image stands majestically in almost perfect state of preservation in spite of its antiquity. Its height is 57 ft., the breadth across the shoulders is 26 ft., the toe is 27 ft. long, the middle finger is 57 ft. long, the height of the heel is 28 ft., the lobe of the ear is 54 ft. in length and the waist is 10 ft. The figure is nude and stands erect facing north. It is cut out of the solid rock. This enormous statue is clearly visible within the radius of 15 miles from Sravana Belgola (Jainbidri). The ascent is made by nearly 500 steps hewn in the granite.
We learn from the inscriptions at the side of the statue that Camundarāya caused this image to be made. He was the famous minister of Rajamalla or Racamalla who ruled from 974 to 984 A D. It seems certain that the statue was hewn out about 983 A. D. The surrounding cloister was built in 1.116 A. D. · Temple of Parsvanathu at Khajaraho :
Khajuraho was one of the important contres of Jainism in North India. Of the temples standing there about one-third are Jaina. The largest and finest of all these Jaina sanctuaries is the temple of Pärśvanātha. Like most of the temples it appears to have been erected between 950 and 1050 A. D. It is about sixty-two feet in length and half that in breadth. The outside walls are adorned with numerous bands of moul. dings and three horizontal rows of sculptured statucs. Dilwara Jaina Temples :
In an area known as Dilwara on Mount Abu there stand four principal Jaina temples of which two are most famous and in certain respects remain unsurpassed in India which is well-known for such works. The older of the two, known as Vimal Vasahi, was built in 1031 A. D. by Vimal Shah, a wealthy Jaina householder. It was dedicated to Adinatha (Lord Rşabha), the first tirthankara. The other temple was built in 1230 AD by Tejpal and Vastupal, two wealthy
