________________
222
Appendices
697: According to mythology, on Mount Abu during the ceremonial fire worship four persons of the warrior caste (Kshtriya) emerged from the sacred pit and established the Chauhan, Padihar, Solanki and Parmar clans.
703: According to a stele of Samoli Shresthi Jentak owner of tin, zinc and silver mines passed away.
732: The great poet Magh son of Shrimal Shresthi wrote the epic poem Shishu-Pal-Vadhum in Sanskrit and his cousin the Shrimal Acharya Siddhshri wrote his famous book Upmitibhav Prapanch Katha in Prakrit (the date varies according to different historians. Some believe this happened in fifth or sixth, or as late as ninth or tenth century).
764-775: Udayprabh Suri and other Jain acharyas converted King Bhan and other Shrimal nobles of Bhinmal to Jainism and created 62 sects of the Shrimal community.
795: Ratnabai daughter of the Oshwal Shreshthi Jaimal, given in marriage to King Bhan.
800-95: Acharya Bappbhat Suri converted the sons of King Aam by his queen originally of Vanik community to Jainism and founded the Raj-Kosthgar gotra.
802: After Pattan was founded, the people of Upkesh community of Bhinmal were invited to come and settle down there. Most of their descendants still live there.
835: Acharya Udhyotan Suri established the 84 gachhas. He wrote the book name Kuwalya Mala, describing the detailed account of King Toranmal Hun's reign in Bhinmal and how his son Mihirmal, when he became king tortured and brought misery to the people of Upkesh community, who left the city and fled to Gujarat. (Some historians believe Acharya Udhyotan Suri lived in 994).
