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him that there would be a great famine in V. S. 1313, 1314 and 1315, and so he should store as muob corn 88 he could in all the countries. Jagadu acted according to the advice of his spiritual preceptor and stored much oorn in many places. In his granaries, he put copperplates containing the words "This is meant for the poor." In the days of famine, he opened 112 alms-houses and distributed 49950000.' man corn costng about about Rs. 450,00000.
In the third Year of famine, the prices of corn bad soared very high and even the granaries of the kings were empty; 80 Jagadu gavo 400,000 mans of corn to Visaladeva, king of Anahilarāda, 600,000 mans to the king of Sind, 1600,000' mans to king of Mewad, 900,000 mans to king of Malwa, 1600,000 mans to king of Benaras, and 1050,000 mans to Nasiruddin, 8a Emperor of Delhi.8
These details of Sarvanandasūri are not confirmed by contemporary evidence. This, however, need not lead us to reject them. The names of the kings and mandalesvara of Gujarata that we find in the Jagaducharita are confirmed by
(7-8) Ibid, VI, 68 to 132.
(8A) This Nasiruddin ( 1246 to 1266 A. D.) was certainly a contemporary of Jagadu Shab. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
