Jainism in Rajasthan

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JAINISM IN
RAJASTHAN
inseparable from a mosque and the erect
*ion of a pulpit or mimbar nea The imamgha or mehrab in white marble " a was built in 1199 AD. and Rājascreen wall was added during the time of Sultedtan Shamsuddin Iltutmisfedieval about 1213 A.D. Thus, the work of conversion las, arated from 1199 to 1213 Avards,
From the two Sanskrit and two Persian ins ed-criptions, it is clear thaion Jāmā Masjid at Sanchor was built with the materials obtau runed by demolishingho the old Jaina temple of Mahavira in the reign of Nasiru-u lud-din, son andury successor of Alauddin Khilji. From the Tirtha-kalpa of Jinakd.. it ism. clear that at Sanchor, there was a celebrated Jaina temple of Mahavira. Fr es and it its account, it appears that the temple was thrice in danger of being destroye medieval by the Mohammedans and that it was at last attacked in 1310 A.D. b yanatha. Allauddin who carried away the image to Delhi and broke it to pieces place. Bend
Tarikh-1-Firishta also describes this event.
From the inscriptions on the pillars of the mosque at Jalor in on. It
Jaina
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Marwar, it is clear that it was built from the materials of at least four different temples of which, one was a Hindu temple. The remaining three were Jaina temples and were dedicated to the Tirthankaras Adinatha, Mahāvīra and Pārsvanatha.3
From the inscriptions in the temple of Neminatha at Jiravala in Sirohi state, it is clear that it was originally dedicated to Pārsvanatha. There is found a story among the inhabitants of this place about the change of denomination. They narrate that during the regime of the Muslim King (whom they called Bokada Padashah) the temple was attacked, desecrated and plundered by a band of Mohammedan troops. During this raid, the image of Pārsvanatha was pulled down and smashed to pieces by the bigotted iconoclasts.4
The invasion of Kamran, the brother of Humayun, on Bikaner in 1534 A.D. is only known from the inscription on the image in the temple of Chintamani at Bikaner. At this time, he also destroyed the Jaina temples.5 The Stavana of Kanakasoma gives an account of the destruction caused by Turasana Khan to the images of Sitohi.
1
PRAS, WC, 1907-08, p. 34-35
3
PRAS, WC, 1908-09, p 54, 57. 5 Bikanera Jarna Lekha Samgraha, No 2
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4
Vividha Tirtha-kalpa, pp. 28 30 PRAS., WC, 1916-17, p 67.