Shatrunjaya Dispute

Author(s): Makanji J Mehta
Publisher: Jain Shwetambar Conference Mumbai

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"I find then that Sorath including Gohelwad was under the direct control of the Moguls; and that the Emperor at Delhi or his Subah at Ahmedabad had the power to grant a firman and to make such firman respected."
Mr. Candy discussed and considered in great detail the evidence with regard to each Sanad, and referred to the inscription on the Hill appearing in Mr. Burgess' book about Shatrunjaya recording the grants and Sanads of the Moghul Emperors. Mr. Peile, the Political Agent, agreed with Mr. Candy and said that "the Shrawaks formerly held possession of the sacred Hill under the firmans of the Delhi Emperors; and these firmans are a good title to any buildings which are found to have remained ever since in the undisturbed possession of the grantees."
Let us now cast a glance at the origin and nature of the connection between the Palitana Durbar and the Jain community going in pilgrimage to Shatrunjaya.
The earliest traces of the advent of the Gohel Rajputs, to which clan the Palitana Durbar belongs, are found somewhere in the 13th century. The ancestors of the present Palitana Durbar established their first seat at Mandvi, and then came to Gariadhar-a small town in the Palitana State; and finally removed them