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suburban area the author notes thirty two temples, six underground ones and thirty eight Bhuvanas.
The areas in the city begin from the Mahāvira temple noted above, and include Dosiwādā, Pataki Joga Gadhi, Hājā Patel ni Pole, Timla Pada, Pataka Raja Mehta, Sanghavi Kalani Pole, Pataka Dhānā Suthar, Patak Jamalpur, Patak Devasi Saha, Panjari pole, Patak Kothari, Patak Ksetrapāla, Ghachi ni Pole, Patak Gajipur, Jalalpur.
The suburban areas are Asaul, Elampur, Navapura, Rajpur, Premapur, Sarangpur, Rupapari, Kalupur, Doshi Jasa ni Pole, Dhana Mehta ni Pole, Bibipur, Habadipur, Sakandrapur, Najampur, Baghinpur, Raktapur, Naroda.
The suburbs on the western side of Sabarmati are noted as Vadijapur, Kashampur, Usmanpur, Vajirpur, Shekhpur, Maedalpur, Kochab.
The text runs in fifty five units of Gujarati verse. The last verse is a colophon and gives the information about the author, the period of composition etc. Comments
This is an important document for the study of the Jaina Prāsādas, icons in particular and the history of city in general. Significantly the Mahāvira Prasad noted in the text exists at the place noted in the text. Its wooden structure was pulled down in the last decade of the 19th century and replaced by the present day stone temple. The stone work reflects the older wooden order, but raises also an issue of a possible renovation after the period of Jahāngira, during whose rule the Paripāti is composed. Such examples could be multiplied but they are not discussed in this small paper due to the time factor.
The urban analysis on the basis of this Paripāti suggests the Jaina nuclii in the city and also suggests the main area of the city. The urban study of Ahmedabad indicates that the administrative and religious centre of sultanas extended from Bhadra to the Jami Mosque. The other areas like the old Ashawal and the newly developed places were to the east of Jami Mosque. This is amply supported by this Paripāti, which indicates that the nucleus of habitation specially of the Jainas was in the area of Fatah Mehta Pole, Zawari ni Pole, Panjarā Pole, Dhānā suthär ni Pole, etc. The situation has not changed within last three hundred and eighty one years.
But, the suburban areas show continuity and change. Some suburbs like Vadaj, Usmanpur, Kocharab exist, but others like Kashimpur, Vajirpur have disap
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