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(a. d. 1189,) we have the images of Ara and Sdntl Ndtk, erected by a prince, 

 who appears to be connected with the royal house of Guzerat, Yasodhavala. 

 This circumstance is conformable to other accounts, and is quite consistent 

 with the conversion of Kumara Pala, the sovereign of Guzerat, by Hema 

 Chandra, in S. 1230, as described by the late Lieut. Macmurdo, in the 1st 

 volume of the Bombay Transactions. 



The Jaina monuments, although thus introduced, did not supplant those 

 originating with the Saiva sect, as in a. d. 1209, a new temple of Kanak- 

 haJeswera was built, and one of Kotestaara was repaired by Saiva priests. 

 (No. XVI.) It is clear, however, that although sanctioned, these acts were 

 not patronised by the persons in authority. 



The most flourishing period of the Jaina religion on the mountain, imme- 

 diately followed this, and the sons of Aswaraja, the minister of the subordi- 

 nate orfeudatory chief of C/?fl!;2c?mr;a^e, Vastupala and Tejapala, were munifi- 

 cent benefactors of this spot in the beginning of the 13th century, or about 

 1231. They built temples of the Jd'ma saints, particularly of A^effZ2Ka/A, re- 

 paired and embellished others with statues of the Jinas, or of themselves, and 

 prescribed certain privileges to be attached to the various Jaina families 

 who were associated with them in these pious works. It is very remarkable, 

 however, that the documents commemorating and eulogizing their munifi- 

 cence, and the sanctity of the Jaina Suris, or teachers, are the compositions, 

 apparently, of Brahmans, and comprehend the benedictory formulas of the 

 Saiva faith, with frequent reference to that divinity and to Pauranic legends. 

 They are also found in temples dedicated originally to Saiva worship, and 

 in conjunction with emblems peculiar to that modification of Hinduism. 



From that time till the end of the century, the Jaina religion seems to 

 have possessed the predominating influence ; but in a. d. 1286, various grants, 



