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Their Long History : 9 religion of his Empire. Jainism flourished under the dynasties of Khāravela in Orissa, Kadamba, Ganga, Cālukya, Rāştrakūța, Hoysala, Kalacūri, Santara, Kongalva, Rațța in Karnataka and many others, in the North, West and South of India."
From the IIId to the XIIIch centuries AD Monarchs, Ministers and rich adepts cut out temples in caves for Jain ascetics in Tamil Nadu * and in many other places, like at Ellora in Maharashtra. In 981, Cāmundarāya, Minister of king Rājamalla, made cut in a huge piece of stone a statue of Bāhubali at Shravana Belgola in Karnataka. From the xh to the Xvih centuries AD the old Jain sanctuaries made of bricks and wood were replaced by many wonderful temples and temples-cities, in stone or white marble, like at Palitana and Girnar Hill (Gujarat), Pavapuri, Sammet Shikhar (Bihar), Mount Abu and Ranakpur (Rajasthan), Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh), Humcha, Karkal, Venur (Karnataka), etc. Numerous beautiful Jain “mānastambha”, towers, statues, etc. also deserve to be mentioned. This era was obviously the most brilliant of Jainism in India. The adepts rightly call it "The Golden Age".
Nevertheless, a decline of the Digambara in South India was visible mainly due to the growing number of Hindu Saivites and Vaišnavites. In the North, the Svetāmbara also decreased due to the great raids of Muslim invaders in that part of the country who proceeded to destroy temples, prosecute Jain ascetics, deface and mutilate many statues."
On the contrary, some Mogul Emperors were more tolerant toward the Jain cause, for instance Emperor Akbar (1556-1605 AD), who in 1583 forbade the killing of animals during the festival of “Paryūsaņa parva”. It was the same in 1610 with the Emperor Jahangir. In Rajasthan, Jains occupied high positions like ministers or generals. Nevertheless, Hinduism and Islam made large progress.
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