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EPIGRAPHIA JAINÍCA. 87 sastras. But wheh they were practised by achāryas like Pūjapādaswami, they had a meaning and a potency which humbled the most arrogant of early Hindu' rulers. This is the proper place to sum up the leading facts regarding the patronage of the Jaina achāryas Patronage arid colleges by South Indian rulers. The earliest Scholars. of such South Indian sovereigns was Kharavēla Kalinga. He does homage in the Jaina form, i.e., 5300 69€ dopo, i zoo Das gupoo. In the 12th year of his reign he constructed a statue of MX2, i.e., Adīśvara or Vrishabha. He honoured the Jainas of Kalinga (_00batowano goOo 70 noo bespomo).' Oføthe Kadambas of Banavasi, Kākusthavarma (Halsi) allowed his general Srutakīriti to donate land to the Jainas. Mrigēsavarma; son of Sāntivarma and grandson of Kākusthavarma, gave land grants to Jainas at Vaijayanti. In these grants several Jaina achāryaslike Dāmakirti, Jayakīrti, Bandhusēna and Kumāradatta are mentioned. Harivarma, son of Ravivarma, son of Mrigēsavarma, donated at Halsi a village to Chandrakshanta of the college of Virasēnachārya.
The Gangas of South India, a collateral branch of the Gangas of Kalinga, acknowledge that they established their kingdom in the South through the help of the Jaina Achārya, Simhanandi of Nandigana.
Madhava II (Mādhavavarma Ganga) made a donation to Vīradēvāchārya in favour of a
