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Inscriptions
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Inscription 86 qualifies him as ‘Mahārājādhirāja'! These two inscriptions are crucial in that they are the earliest notices on this great monarch's patronage to Jainism.
3. Dhārāvarşadeva
This Paramāra chief of the Candrāvati principality is mentioned in three inscriptions, two of A.D. 1203 (Insc. 54, 60), another of A.D. 1220 (Insc. 73) and in one more of A.D. 1203, but only inferentially (Insc. 63).
4. Bhimadeva (II)
Caulukya monarch Bhīmadeva II's name is mentioned with his titles in an inscription of A.D. 1207 (Insc. 140).
5. Mahipāladeva
'Raja śrī Mahipāladeva' who was, according to the Nābhinandanajinoddhāraprabandha (A.D. 1337) of Kakka sūri of Ukeśa gaccha, the chieftain of Trisangamaka (Trisangamapura) in A.D. 1313, is mentioned in an inscription here of A.D. 1275 (Insc. 143). The particulars on the dynasty to which he belonged are not known. He must have been a long-lived chief.
6. Visaladeva
Visaladeva of 'mahārājakula' ruling from Candrāvati is referred to in the inscription of A.D. 1290 (Insc. 144).
7. Akbar
The Mughal emperor Akbar is referred to in the context of Hīravijaya sūri receiving the 'biruda' of 'jagadguru' from him in the inscription of A.D. 1619 (Insc. 147, 149). The great sūri's disciple Vijayasena sūri's disciple Vijayadeva sūri figures there as a consecrating priest.
8. Jahāṁgir (Djahāngir)
Emperor Akbar's successor Jahāṁgir is mentioned in the inscription of A.D. 1619 (Insc. 149).
High officials
A few inscriptions reveal the names of personages apparently occupying high positions who were involved in the setting up of Jina images and in a few cases other objects of worship. These persons, however, are not known from other
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