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of the Thakore shall be recognised except for Police purposes, it was contended by the Durbar that the 'Gadh' itself does not belong to the Jain, although the conclusions of Mr. Candy and Mr. Peile quoted in the Government Resolution of 1877 distinctly state that the ownership of the 'Gadh' or the Fort and land within it was vested in the Jain community.
Advantage is taken of the fact that the limits of the Gadh have nowhere been clearly defined in the Government's Orders of 1877, and it is contended on behalf of the Durbar to suit the particular occasion that a particular temple or place is not within the Gadh. Within the Gadh there is a small temple of Mahadev, which has been in existence for a long period, and which was referred to in the proceedings before Mr. Candy. There are in all twelve non-Jain temples within the Gadh including among them one Mahomedan shrine. Mr. Candy, after carefully considering the fact relating to these shrines, came to the conclusion that these shrines were really erected by the Jains themselves in order to be on friendly terms with the religious persuasions of other sects, and that their existance did not in any way affect the full dominion and ownership of the Jain community, within the Gadh. With regard to the Mabomedan shrine he observed : "Whatever mav
