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Appendix 1. The Early Events
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520-558: Under the leadership of Acharya Siddha Suri a contingent of the Sankhla gotra the Oshwal community of Virpur went on pilgrimage to Santrunjay.
530-585: Acharya Haribhadra Suri wrote a book Samraich Kaha in the Prakrit language in which he describes the glory of Upkesh Nagar and story of Upkesh Shresthi Samraditya and mentions the abolition of the tax imposed by Brahmins on the Upkesh community.
535-557: Toranmal Hun, who ruled almost the entire western region with Bhinmal as his capital. He was very impressed by Haribhadra Suri.
567: The tyrant king Mihir, son of Toranmal, was ruthless and tormented the Jain community of Upkesh Nagar, many of whom therefore fled to Gujarat.
592: Acharya Siddhshri Divangat passed away. His literary work Upmitibhav prapanch Katha, written in Prakrit was believed to be the first such work.
601-631: Installation of the image by Acharya Devgupt Suri in the Parshvanath temple of Damrol, as well as construction of the Mallinath temple by the Ranka gotra Oshwal Shresthi Kheta Shah in Syalkot
613: Goleccha gotra, Agaron, the son of Bhopat Shah, from Jognipur (Delhi) took a large contingent on pilgrimage to Shatrunjay.
631: In Syalkot construction of a Shanthinath temple by the Ranka gotra Oshwal Shresthi Shah Kheta.
663: Harshvardhan became the emperor of India and made the Buddhist religion an official religion of the empire.
