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shows that the Stupa and the foot-prints were made in the same year in which Vijaysensuri died.
28. Raja Vachha Trivadi was a Brahman king of Rajpipla. (See " Ain-i-Akbari, " Part II, p. 251.) His name was Vachha, and his surname was Trivadi. It is said in "Akbarnama " ( Part III, p. 608 ) that Muzaffar III, who was the last Muslim ruler of Gujarat, had taken shelter with this king when he fled from Fatehpur.
29. This is the same temple that is called 'Chaumukhji mandir' and which is on the north-east of the temple of Adishvara on Siddhachal. Its inscription says that it was built on the 2nd day of the bright half of Kartik, V. S. 1620.
30. This temple of Chintamani Parshvanath built by Rajiya - Vajiya exists even now. There is a long inscription of 28 lines on one of the walls of the temple. Its colophon is this :
॥६०॥ ॐ नमः । श्रीमद्विक्रमनृपातीत संवत् १६४४ वर्षे प्रवर्तमानशाके १५०९ गंधारीय प० जसिआ तद्भार्या बाई जसमादे संप्रतिश्रीस्तंभतीर्थ वास्तव्य तत्पुत्र प० वजिआ प० राजिआभ्यां वृद्धभ्रातृभार्या विमलादे लघुभ्रातृभार्या कमलादे वृद्धभ्रातृपुत्र मेघजी तद्भार्या मयगलदे प्रमुख । निजपरिवारयुताम्यां । श्रीचिंतामणिपार्श्वनाथश्रीमहावीरप्रतिष्ठा कारिता श्रीचिंतामणिपार्श्वचैत्य च कारित कृता च प्रतिष्ठा सकलमंडलाखंडलशाहिश्रीअकब्बरसन्मानितश्रीहीरविजयसूरीशपट्टालंकारहारसदृशैः शाहिश्रीअकबरपर्षदि प्राप्तवर्णवादौ श्रीविजयसेनसूरिभिः॥
This shows that the temple was built by Rajiya-Vajiya in V. S. 1644 and the idols were installed therein at the hands of Vijaysensuri. This inscription also shows that Rajiya-Vajiya originally lived at Gandhar.
31. Neja is a small village 2-1/2 miles north of Khambhat.
32. Bhairav, the Jain of this place, was one of the favourite ministers of Humayun. He had once got nine lacs of captives released. The story is thus narrated by Rishabhadas:
In his invasion of Sorath Humayun took nine lacs of men as captives. He entrusted them to Mukim and asked him to sell them as slaves in the market of Khorasan. They were first brought to
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