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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
The inscription of Vastupala dated V. S. 1291 (A. D. 1235) records the erection of a maṇḍapa by Vastupala to Gaṇeśa temple at Ghumali 231
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There existed a temple dedicated to sun-god Jayaditya at Nagara (near Cambay ). The said temple was damaged by heavy rainfall in V. S. 1220 (A. D. 1233), therefore, according to an inscription found in the vicinity of the temple Vastupala repaired the temple and new images were enshrined therein in the year V. S. 1292 (A. D. 1236).3 The temple does not exist to day. From the size of the image found from the site, Shri Ratnamani Rao Jote guesses that the temple may be as large as that of the sun temple at Modhera.293
The Jain temple at Sankhesvar (Dist. Banas-Kantha) is said to have been restored by Vastupala-Tejapala and enclosed by series of Devakulikās (cells) around it in V. S 1286 (A. D. 1230), 234
There are other temples notably at Satrunjaya which are said to have been built by Vastupala and Tejapala, but these have been renovated to such an extent that in the absence of any ephigraphic record, it is not possible to identify them with any certainty.235
231. Gaṇeśa inscription V. S. 1291. ABORI, IX, 179, WMR 1923-24 p. 18. This inscription also states that Vastupala had installed (somewhere) two images of Ratnadevi and Rajadevi consorts of Surya. The reference, has some relation to the temple of Jayaditya at Nagara (near Cambay ) which was repaired and new images were enshrined therein by Vastupala.
232. Bhavnagar Präcin Lekha saingrha. pt. l.,
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233. Ratnamani Rao Jote 'Khambhatno Itihasa' p. 149.
234. JTSS. Vol. I. pt. 1. p. 49. Originally the temple was built by Sajjansimha in V. S. 1155 (1099 A. D.) vide pp. 196-197 also foot note no. 125 on p. 197, above.
235. Cousens, SMTK. p. 73; Sankalia, AG. p. 107.
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