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the image of Sri-Jina) as one of the twenty-six tirthas of the Jains of his time. Jinaprabhasūri (1332 A.D.) also describes it in details. 44
In Bihar there are a number of places of Jain importance and the existence of old Jain shrines, caves temples, images and inscriptions have been reported from places like Benusagar (Singhbhum District), 46 Charra, 45 Chechgaon, 4 Deoli, 48 Dulmi, 49 Pakbira, 50 Palma, 51 Pavanpur, 52 Suissa (Manbhum District, now Dhanbad District), 58 Kuluha 54 and Pārasnāth hills 66 (Hazaribagh District), Cheon, 6e Kauvakol67 and Nakhaur (Gaya District),58 Lachchuaro (Monghyr District), Dapthuco and Bihar81 (Patna District), Mandār
44 Thakur, op. cit., p. 149. 45 ASR, Vol. VIII, pp. 6917.; BDG-Singhbhum, p. 38.
46 ASI, AR, Bengal Circle, 1903, p. 14 ; JBORS, Vol. V, p. 283; Vol. X, p. 171 ; ASR, Vol. VIII, p. 182.
47 ASI, AR, Bengal Circle, 1903, p. 14 ; ASR, Vol. VIII, pp. 157ff. ; Patil, op. cit., p. 82.
48 ASR, Vol. Vol. VIII, pp 189f.; ASI, AR, Bengal Circle, 1903, p. 14.
49 ASR, Vol. VIII, pp. 186ff.; JASB, 1855, p. 211; ibid., 1886, pp. 190ff. ; ASI, AR, Bengal Circle, 1903, pp. 14f.
50 ASR, Vol. VIII, pp. 193ff. ; PASB, 1865, p. 66ff. ; ASI, AR, Bengal Circle, 1903-04, p. 14.
51 ASI, AR, Bengal Circle, 1902-03, p. 14; Hunter, Statistical Account of Bengal, Vol. XVII, pp. 298f.; J BORS, Vol. XXIII, p. 429.
52 BDG-Manbhum, pp. 266f. 53 ASR, Vol. VIII, pp. 190f.
54 JASB, 1901, pp. 3111 ; Ind. Ant., Vol. XXX, pp. 90ff. ; P. C. Roychoudhury, op. cit., pp. 40ff.
55 ASR, Vol. XIII, p. 73; ASI, AR, Bengal Circle, 1902-03, p. 13; BODG-Hazaribagh, pp. 202ff.; Hunter, op. cit., Vol. XVI, pp. 216ff.
56 ASR, Vol. VIII, p. 63: Grierson, Notes on the District of Gaya, p. 46; ASI, AR, Bengal Circlé, 1902, p. 14.
57 BDG--Gaya, p. 232. 58 Buchanan, Parna-Gaya, Vol. I, pp. 167f. 59 ASI, AR, 1903, p. 11; BODG-Monghir, pp. 210, 228.
60 Buchanan, Patna-Gaya, Vol. I, pp. 23611.; ASR, Vol. VIII, p. 74; JASB, 1872, pp. 256ff.; Grierson, op. cit., p. 44
61 Ind. Ant., Vol. XXXI, p. 69
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