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be the origin of the shrine, it seems to be solely under the control of the Jains, and its existence on the Hill in no way affects the interests of the Shravaks."
In spite of this, the Durbar has interfered with regard to this Mahadev temple as well as the Mahomedan shrine on the grounds, among others, that the said Mahadev temple was not within the Gadh, whereas in the proceedings of 1877 and the appeal then made by the Durbar to the Secretary of State against the decision of the Government of Bombay, the very fact of this temple being within the Gadh was strongly relied upon by the Durbar as a circumstance against the exclusive possession of the Jains of everything within the Gadh. The Durbar then said as follows: "The very fact of there being within the Gadh temples of Hindus no less than eleven and of the tomb of a Mahomedan Saint precludes the idea of an exclusive possession of all land within the Gadh, which the resolution of the Bombay Government would give to the Shravak community alone."
UNJUSTIFIABLE INTERFERENCE.
Similarly, the ownership of the Kunds and the resting place on the Hill was vested in the Jain community, according to the psoceedings of 1877. In olden times these Kunds were perio
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