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5. Vogel, J. Ph., Mathura Museum Catalogue, P. 189. refers to Ihapur stone yüpa
with a Brahmi inscription of the time of Vaşiska, the successor of Kanişka cated - in the 24th year of Kugana era. 6. See Fleet, J. F., Corpus Inscriptionum Indicorum, III, p. 253 referring to Bijay.
agadh sacrificial post with an inscription of the Krta year 428. Bilsad stone pillar inscription of Kumāragupta also records the tradition of erecting pillar, see CII, III pp. 44. See also Bhitari stone pillar inscription of Skandagupta,
C11, III, P. 54. 7. Shab. U. P., Studies in Jain Art. p. 61, Benaras, 1955.
8. Now housed in State Museum, Lucknow, See also, Coomarswamy, A. K History .. of Indian and Indoncaean Art, fig. 71.
9. Shah, U. P. op. cit. p. 61. 10. For full description see Cunningham's Archaeological Survey of India Report,
I pp. 91-95, plate 29. XVI pp. 199 ff, Plate 29. 11. See Fleet, J. F., (CII, III p. 66) Bhagwanlal Indraji indetified the five Arhats
as Adipasha, Santinatha, Neminátha, Parávanáth & Mahavira. 12. For the inscription soe Fleet, J. F., CII, III p. 66 ff. And, for photographs of
the pillar and the Jinas refer to P. K. Agrawala. Negatives also preserved in the
photoarchives of American Institute of Indian Studies. Ramnagar. Varanasi. 13. No pillars dating from pre-Gupta period are discovered as yet, So this seems
to be the earliest extant speciman, See, Shah, U. P., op. cit., p. 61. 14. Tiloya apnati of Yativrsabha, pt, I. 4th Mahadbikára, 761-791, pp. 240 ff,
edited by A.N. Upadhya and Hiralal Jain, Sholopur, 1956. 15. Adipurapa, 22. 77-83., Bhartiya Jhanapitha, Kasbi, 1963. 16. Ibid., 22, 92-103; pp. 515 ff. 17. For a passing reference see Somapura P. O., The Vástuvidya of Visvakarma",
Studies in Indian Temple Architecture, p. 56, edited by Promod Chandra, Vara... nasi. 1975, 18. See Bruhn, Klaus, "The Jain Images of Deogarh". p. 209, Leiden, 1969. edited
J. E. Van Lohuizen-De Leeuw, being vol. 1 of the Studies in South Asian Cul
ture. 19. See Shukla, D.N., Bhartiya Vastušāstra, Pratima Vijfkina, Book 4, p. 317 (in
Hindi), Lucknow 1956. Here he describes Ajitabala, the yakşi of Ajitanktha,
mounting on bull, go-vähanā. 20. See Bruhn, Klaus, op. cit p. 198. 21. Ibid, see Plate 3. Acknowledgement
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