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The Jain temple of Siddhapala Vasati was erected in V. S. 1241 (A. D. 1185) at Anahilapura,236 The temple cannot be traced so far.
Vadhu, the ancestor of Sobhandeva who was the Governor of Lata in V. S. 1247 (A. D. 1187) built a temple to Mahavira in Sangama Khetaka (probably modern Sankheda which is situated on the confluence of the rivers Shedhi and Meshwo). His son Kaparadi built a temple to Adinatha in Vaṭasara.237 None of these temples exists.
Sreştḥi Pethaḍa erected a Jain temple dedicated to Mahavira at Vijapura in V. S. 1256 (A. D. 1200),238 The temple does
not survive.
The dates in the inscriptions found on serval images of Pahalaviya Parsvanatha temple at Palanpur (Dist. Banaskantha) imply that the temple was built in the Solanki period. The principal image of Prahaladan Parsvanath bears an inscription of V. S. 1274 (A. D. 1218). The said image was consecrated by Kakkasuri. 239 The original temple does not exist but a new three-storeyed temple is erected on the old site.
The inscription dated V. S. 1290, (1234 A. D.) engraved on the one of the Southern pillars of the temple of Nilkantha Mahadeva at Miyani records the erection of Mandapa of the said temple. 240
236. JTSS. Vol. I. Pt. I. P. 57 also Peterson Reports: 'Pattanastha Jain Bhandägariya Granthsuci Prasastio.
237. JSSI, pp. 342 para, 499.
238. JTSS. Vol. I. Pt. I. p. 90., It is said that the said Pethada built the city of Vijapura named after his father Vijaladeva. Jain Sahitya Pradaśna Shri Prasasti Samgraha. p. 76. MSS no. 270.
239. JTSS. Vol. 1. Pt.l, p. 33.
240. IK. Inscp. No. 6 p. 688
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