Essay name: The Structural Temples of Gujarat
Author:
Kantilal F. Sompura
Affiliation: Gujarat University
This essay studies the Structural Temples of Gujarat (Up to 1600 A.D.).
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Structural Temples of the Caulukyan Period 191 reign of Arjunadeva.269 The temple is believed to be an old
one but at present it is newly built. Originally the shrine
contained nine spires and domes over the temple 210
On the Satrunjaya Hill, Pethada, a prominent Jain merchant
built a temple dedicated to Santinatha in about V. S. 1334
(A. D. 1278). 271 The present temple restored and renovated
to such an extent that it is not possible to trace out its
original form,
A much ruined
ruined
Jain temple of Mahavira at Kanthakot
(Kaccha) was built during the reign of Sarangadeva. A
writing on pillar in the entrance hall dated V. S. 1339 (A.D. 1283)
states that the builders were the relatives of Jagadevaśā of
Bhadresvara. The extant temple comprises the ruins of double
mandapa, the ceilings and pillars, 272
The inscription dated V. S. 1343 (A. D. 1287) found on one
of the palias (memorial stones) at Maitrana* refers to the
existence of a Jain temple at that place 273
Bhuvad (Kaccha )
At Bhuvad, the temple of Bhuvadeśvara Mahadeva is much
ruined; the roof of the shrine is entirely fallen. The maṇḍapa
measures 9.6×12 ms. inside and is supported by 34 pillars
269. KSD. pp. 78, 276: also Kumar. No. 301, plt. opp. p. 91.
270. Sarabhai Nawab : Kumar No. 301.
271. JSI. p. 406.
Pethod was contemporary to famous minister Hemadri of Deogiri
with whose consent he built a Jain temple at Deogiri known as
'Amulya Prāsāda' which was completed in V. S. 1335 (i.e. A. D. 1279).
Ratnamandirgaṇi, Upadesatarangiṇ�. pp. 97-98.
272. BG. Vol. V. p. 225, also KSD. pp. 108-109 Plts. on pp. 107,
108, 109.
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near Patan, on Kakosi-Maiträna Rly. line.
273. JTSS. Vol. 1. Pt. p. 45.
