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From this it seems that from that time there were two Jain temples at Kansaripur. One had 22 and the other 27 Jina idols. Manji Rishi writes in his " Vinaydevasuriras'' that Vinaydevasuri, who went to Khambhat in V. S. 1639, had lived in Kansaripur for three days. Matisagar has composed "Tirthamala of Khambhat" in V. S. 1701. Therein he says that there were three temples in Kansaripur. At present in the Kharvada Temple at Khambhat there exists an image called ' Kansari Parshavanath.' This image was removed from Kansaripur.
26. Akbarpur was a suburb of Khambhat. From the poem called "Chaityaparipati of Khambhat, '' composed by Rishabharaj it is known that at that time there were three temples there.
27. There exists nothing of this stupa at Akbarpur now; but there is a temple of Shantinath in Bhonyarawada at Khambhat. In the central room, on the left hand, there is now a stone with foot-prints. From an inscription on that stone it is certain that it is the same foot-print which was installed on this stupa by Somaji Shah. The stone must have been removed from the present place in Akbar's time. The inscription is as follows:
॥ ६० संवत् १६७२ वर्षे माघसितत्रयोदश्यां रवौ वृद्धशाखीय,। स्तभतीर्थनगरवास्तव्य उसवालज्ञातीय सा० श्रीमल्ल भार्या मोहणदे लघुभ्रातृ सा० जगसी, भार्या तेजलदे सुत सा० सोमा नाम्ना भगिनी धर्माई भार्या सहजलदे वजयलदे सुत सा० सूरजी स(रा)मजी प्रमुख कुटुंबयुतेन स्वश्रेयसे श्री अकब्बरसुरत्राणदत्तबहुमानभट्टारक श्रीहीरविजयसरिपट्टपूर्वाचलतटीसहस्रकिरणानुकारकाणां । ऐदंयुगीनराधिपतिचक्रवर्तिसमानश्रीअकब्बरछत्रपतिप्रधानपर्षदि प्राप्तप्रभूतभट्टाचार्यादिवादिवृदजयवादलक्ष्मीधारकाणां । सकलसुविहितभट्टारकपरंपरापुरंदराणां । भट्टारकश्रीविजयसेनसूरीश्वराणां पादुकाः प्रोत्तुंगस्तूपसहिताः कारिताः प्रतिष्ठापिताश्च महामहःपुरःसरं प्रतिष्ठिताश्च श्री तपागच्छे । भ० श्रीविजयसेनसरिपट्टाल कारहारसौभाग्यादिगुणगणाधारसुविहितसूरिश्रृंगारभट्टारकश्रीविजयदेवसरिभिः॥
This shows that these foot-prints were installed by Somaji along with his sister Dharmai and his wives and other members of his family on Sunday, the 13th day of the bright half of Magh, V. S. 1672. Moreover this inscription shows that the foot-prints were made along with the high Stupa. The date of the inscription
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