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Structural Temples of the Caulukyan Period 99 The Plates of Camun岣峚, the crown-prince of Mular膩ja,
record the existense of a Jain temple at Varuna艣armaka
(Vadasama, in Mehsana District).6 Another Inscription refers
to the existence of a Jain temple at Broach in Saka Era 910
(988-89 A. D.). The temple was known as M奴lavasati." The
Gurvavali by Muni Sundar S奴ri (A. D. 1410-11) contains a
reference to a temple of R峁�abhadeva at the village R盲masainya
Ramsena, 24 Kms. N. W. of Deesa ).8
Some of the existing temples are generally ascribed to the
10th century A. D.
The temple of Hariscandrani Cori at Shamalaji (Dist.
Sabarkantha) is probably of the 10th Cent. A. D. When this
territory was under the sway of the Parmaras. 9
It has a rectangular sanctum with a big ma峁囜笉apa in front.
The mandapa has balconies on two sides and a porch in front.
The whole structure is enclosed in a court-yard, the walls of
which have fallen but the ornamental Tora峁嘺 (gate-way) is
still standing.10 The pillars of the Torana have ornamental
bases with niches on four sides containing amorous figures and
mutilated figures of Gods and Goddesses of the Hindu Pentheon.
The niches are surmounted by miniature Sikharas above which
the shafts of pillars show the Pur峁嘺-gha峁璦 motif. The tora峁嘺-
beam contains figures of heavenly musicians and is decorated
with two semicircular arches with elongated ends issuing out
of makara heads. The various carvings on the tora峁嘺, the
figures in the niches and the spires over them, suggest a date
C. 1000 A. D. or a little earlier for this torana. This may also
be the age of the temple. In the niches on the wall of
6. Bhartiya Vidya (Hindi-Guj.) I, 73; HIG. Vol. 3 No. 136 A.
7. Pandit L. Gandhi, Jainsatyaprak膩艣a Vol. 10 No. 8.
8. Muni Sundars奴ri, Gurv膩vali Sl. 57.
9. Harsol Plates of 艢iyaka II, V. S. 1005, EI, XIX, 236.
10. SSR. Fig. 20 a on p. 34., Here fig. 51.