Later Gangas Mandali Thousand

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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The lofty Nandagiri their fortress; Kuvalala their city, the 96000 their country, the blameless Jina their lord, Victory their companion in the battle-field, the Jinamata their faith, the Gangas prospered [EC.VII-I (BLR). Shimoga. 57 C.E. 1115].
In the ocean-girdled world celebrated is the Gangavādināḍu, a Ganga country, with 96000 villages; in it is the Maṇḍalināḍ olim Mandali-Thousand, a most
celebrated sub-division.
- Epigraphia Carnatika, Vol. VII, Part-I (1902), Shimoga 97. C.E. 1113, p. 108.
3. The Gangas were in order to protect the Jina-dharmma of the Kailāsa mountain.
- ibid, Shimoga. 10 C.E. 1085. p. 19