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revenge on King Karna, he took revenge on the people of Gujarata by bringing them under Muslim yoke.
The Jains did suffer by the Muslim conquest of Gujarata. But even in these hard times, they maintained their trade and temples, obtained permission to repair old jinalayas (temples) or build new ones and served very faithfully Sarasvati, the goddess of learning, by contributing to Sanskrit, Prakrit and Gujarati literature very generously, at a time when other communities in the province had almost entirely given up her worship.
It is a mistake to suppose that no new temples were erected in the Muslim Period. It is true that the Muslim rulers were not in favour of erecting new temples; but, at times, they gave their consent to the erection of new temples or did not object to the repair of old ones. In V. S. 1366 (A. D. 1309-10), Jesala Shah of Cambay erected a temple to Ajitanath, the second Tirthankara, and Samarasimha or Samara Shah repaired the temple of Adinatha on the Satrunjaya Hill, when the image of the Tirthankara was
(1) Desai, Jain Sahityano Itihaasa, p. 424. www.umaragyanbhandar.com
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
