164 Account of the Jain Temples [Aprit, 
In the south western corner of the building are two inscriptions cut 
in marble and fixed into the wall, but they are in such a good state of 
preservation that it becomes very questionable if they are of the same 
age as the temples. They are in the Bdlbad character, and giving (as 
I learnt from the people, there being no one who could read them with 
me,) a genealogical account of the different founders and their relatives. 
Above the niches containing the smaller images, there are also inscrip- 
tions with the names of the builders in Giizerdti character. From all 
of these it appears that this temple was built, An. Vicr. 1293, or 
A.D. 1236, nearly six hundred years since, by two brothers, Bast and 
Fest PAu, Banians also of the ruined city of Chandoulz, and one of 
whom is said to have been Kdmddr to the Delhi Emperor. , The build- 
ing is said to have cost twelve crores of Sonias, a coin equivalent to 
ten rupees, in addition to the expense of the portico ; and although it is 
superior to the other temple, this is undoubtedly an exaggeration. 
The sculpture of the small domes in this pagoda, from being of a 
higher order of architecture than the others, deserves remark. In se- 
veral of them are representations of the gods, in particular a group of 
the procession of Inpra King of the Gods, who is believed to have de- 
scended from heaven at the birth, marriage and installation of Rr- 
KaBDEO; also another of Neminath’s marriage, both of which are pretty 
well executed in marble. Nothing more attracted my notice, however, 
than the group next to the one just described, it being a representation 
of one of the Mahommedan emperors of Delhi. I observed also that 
very common ornaments throughout the temple were small Mahomme- 
dan tomb-stones. 
Superstition has however pre-eminently shown itself in the portico. 
While admiring its beauty I observed the capital of one of the pillars 
to be of coarse unpolished black stone, which induced me to ask the 
cause of such a disfiguration ; when the people informed me that it had 
been done intentionally to keep off the evil eye, as in a place like this 
where all was beauty, it would inevitably fall and become bewitched if 
there were no foil. The floor of this temple is of mixed marble, being 
both black and white; and under the great dome there is a slab of yellow 
marble, said to have been brought from Jesalmir. 
The two remaining temples are about 365 years old, and very inferior 
both as to workmanship and materials when compared with the others. 
Under the dome of the southern one, there is some attempt at mosaic 
work, and the floor is inlaid with five different kinds of marble. 
The whole of these temples are in a good state of preservation, not- 
withstanding the attempts that have been made to destroy them. The 
