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JAINA MONUMENTS
another about a mile north-east of Hampi, standing on the hill side, amongst others are some of the Jaina temples of Hampi.
We learn from the inscriptions, that in the reign of the Vijayanagara king Bukka Raya, as early as 1368, the king brought about a reconciliation between the Jainas and the Varmavas The fact that Bukka Raya ordained that "they should each pursue their own religious practices with freedom", tends to show that the Jainas at that period were an important and influential community.
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CONCLUSION.
In our search for Jaina vestiges in South India w have been > able to notice that in the case of monuments discussed already such as Sittannavasal, Tirumalai, Tiruparuttikunaram and places in Bellary and South and North Kanara districts which have produced the largest number of bronzes for our study, as well as in others there is a sharp tendency and distinction in the orientation, and disposition of the different classes of vestiges. The point can be elucidated thus. Jaina rock-cut sculpture is profuse in districts in South India, such as, Bellary South Arcot, Anantapur, Trichinopoly, North Arcot, Madura, Pudukottah State and South Kanara. Sculptures in the round in the local styles (Pallava. Chola and Vijayanagar) hail from Chingleput, Kistna, Malabar, Vizagapatam, Cuddapah, Pudukottah (State), South Kanara, Bellary, Tinnevelly, Godavari and Ganjam districts. The colossal statues of Bahubali (Gummatesvara) from Karkal, Venur (in South Kanara district), and Sravana Belgola in Mysore are world famous. Equally so are the manastambhas from the above places. The manastambhas in the Hampi Ruins, (Bellary District), in the Chandranatha temple at Mudabidri (South Kanara district), in
