. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . ir^ ^^ V m i III k^k-i R i:>!M^^-. SCULPTURED CEILINGS OF TEMPLE AT CHANDRAVATL To face page 1788. NARAYANPUR 1789 well as the Gete prince of Salpura,^ was grafted upon Hindustock. The inscription next in point of antiquity was from the Jaintemple in the modern town. It was dated the 3rd of Jeth, ( 1047), but recorded only the name of a visitor to theshrine. Near the dam of the Or-sagar, there was a vast number offuneral memorials, termed Nisia,^ of the Jain priesthood. Oneis dated the 3rd
. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . ir^ ^^ V m i III k^k-i R i:>!M^^-. SCULPTURED CEILINGS OF TEMPLE AT CHANDRAVATL To face page 1788. NARAYANPUR 1789 well as the Gete prince of Salpura,^ was grafted upon Hindustock. The inscription next in point of antiquity was from the Jaintemple in the modern town. It was dated the 3rd of Jeth, ( 1047), but recorded only the name of a visitor to theshrine. Near the dam of the Or-sagar, there was a vast number offuneral memorials, termed Nisia,^ of the Jain priesthood. Oneis dated the 3rd of Magh, S. 1066 ( 1010), on which daySrimant Deo, Chela, or disciple, of Acharya Srimana Dewa, leftthis world. The bust of the Acharya, or doctor, is in a studiousposture, the book lying open upon the Thuni or cross, whichforms a reading-desk, often the only sign of the nisia to mark aJain place of sepulture. The adjoining one contained the name of Devindra Acharya ;the date S. 1180. Another was of Kumar-deo, the Panda or priest of the raceof Kumad Chandra Acharya, who finished his career on Thursday(guruwar) the Mul
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