The inscriptions lioro collected aro of great interest, being catirely Jaina; and Buch is their litoniry niorit that the study of them may be pronounced uu education in itself, for poets of repute, aiuoii whom aro named Sujanottaiusu, Arhad-dasa and Maiiga Raja, have taken jiart in their composition. They cover a very extended period, even from the remote time of Chandra Gupta, tho earliest autlicnticated date in Indian history, down to the modem year 1830. Next to the unique inscription No. 1, which introduces us to ...
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The inscriptions lioro collected aro of great interest, being catirely Jaina; and Buch is their litoniry niorit that the study of them may be pronounced uu education in itself, for poets of repute, aiuoii whom aro named Sujanottaiusu, Arhad-dasa and Maiiga Raja, have taken jiart in their composition. They cover a very extended period, even from the remote time of Chandra Gupta, tho earliest autlicnticated date in Indian history, down to the modem year 1830. Next to the unique inscription No. 1, which introduces us to Bhadrabi'ihu and Chandra Gupta, and relates the story of the lirst settlement of the Jains at Siravana Belgoja, there is none of higher interest, whether from its stylo or from the fullness and novelty of its contents, than No. 54. And the information therein coiitained regarding the Jaina hierarchy and htcrature is well supplemented by Nos. 105, 108 and othors. For purposes of history wo have inscriptions giving us fresh details of great importance relating to tlu? rise and growth in power of the Gaiiga kings, tho death of the last of the Rashtrakutas, the establishment and expansion of the Hoysaja kingdom, the supremacy of the Vijayanagar empire, and lastly the reign of the Mysore royal house...
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