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Vīrama." The Purātana-prabandha-sangraha also confirms the fact.? Udayasimha is said to have been a scholar conversant with the great works of Bharat and others and to have built two Siva temples at Jāvālipura according to the Sundhā hill inscription. The Purātana-prabandha-sangraha mentions the name of one of his sons, Bāpada, who may be identical with Vāhadasimha mentioned in one of the Bhinmal inscriptions."
Cäcigadeva: The Sundhā hill inscription says that Cāciga succeeded his father. We have four dated Jain inscriptions of his reign.
The first is the famous Sundhā hill inscription of the date V.E. 1319 (A.D. 1262). It is a most important record, which helps us in constructing the history of this branch throughout. It was found engraved on the stone slab in the temple of Cåmundā at Sundhā hill about 10 miles north of Jaśavantapura in the district of same name in Jodhpur division. Though it is composed by a Jain sūri Jayamangala of BỊhadgaccha, it, however, begins with invocation to Sambhu and Pārvati. It gives the genealogy of Cāciga from the eponymous Cāhamāna, who was a source of great joy to the Rşi Vatsa. It gives valuable information about the individual kings of this branch which had not been recorded by the other authorities. The purpose of the inscription is to record certain religious deeds of Cāciga. He is stated there to have remitted certain taxes at Srimālā, granted funds at the city of Rāmasainya for the worship of the god Vigrahāditya and visited the Sundhādri, where he established a mandapa at the temple of the goddess Cāmundā, known by the name of Āghățeśvari.?
The second one bearing the date V.E. 1323 (1264 A.D.) has been found at Jālor in the Topakhānā. It records a gift given by Mah. Narapati to one Candana-Vihāra belonging to Nānakagaccha in the reign of Mahārāja Cācigadeva when Mahāmātya Jakşadeva was transacting the business of seal.
1 EI, IX, pp. 76-77, V. 50. 2 SJGM., II, p. 67. 3 V. 46. 4 SJGM., II, p. 51. 5 BG., I, Pt. I, p. 481 ff. 6 V. 48. ? EL., IX, pp. 76–77, 8 Jain Lekha-sangraha, I, p. 240, No. 903.
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