The Indian Analyst
 

North Indian Inscriptions

 

 

Contents

Introduction

Preface

Contents

List of Maps and Plates

Abbreviations

Additions and Corrections

Images

Introduction

Political History

The Early Silaharas

The Silaharas of North Konkan

The Silaharas of South Konkan

The Silaharas of Kolhapur

Administration

Religious Condition

Social Condition

Economic Condition

Literature

Architecture and Sculpture

Texts And Translations  

Inscriptions of the Silaharas of North Konkan

Inscriptions of The Silaharas of South Konkan

Inscriptions of The Silaharas of kolhapur

APPENDIX I  

Additional Inscriptions of the Silaharas

APPENDIX II  

A contemporary Yadava Inscription

Index

Other South-Indian Inscriptions 

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Vol. 4 - 8

Volume 9

Volume 10

Volume 11

Volume 12

Volume 13

Volume 14

Volume 15

Volume 16

Volume 17

Volume 18

Volume 19

Volume 20

Volume 22
Part 1

Volume 22
Part 2

Volume 23

Volume 24

Volume 26

Volume 27

Tiruvarur

Darasuram

Konerirajapuram

Tanjavur

Annual Reports 1935-1944

Annual Reports 1945- 1947

Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 2, Part 2

Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 7, Part 3

Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 1

Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 2

Epigraphica Indica

Epigraphia Indica Volume 3

Epigraphia
Indica Volume 4

Epigraphia Indica Volume 6

Epigraphia Indica Volume 7

Epigraphia Indica Volume 8

Epigraphia Indica Volume 27

Epigraphia Indica Volume 29

Epigraphia Indica Volume 30

Epigraphia Indica Volume 31

Epigraphia Indica Volume 32

Paramaras Volume 7, Part 2

Śilāhāras Volume 6, Part 2

Vākāṭakas Volume 5

Early Gupta Inscriptions

Archaeological Links

Archaeological-Survey of India

Pudukkottai

ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE

 

..that Nimbadēvarasa constructed this vasati. It is mentioned also in Śravaṇa Beḷgoḷ inscription.

.. The Rūpanārāyaṇa vasati is erected on a high adhishṭhāna. It consists of four parts, viz. the garbha-gṛiha, the antarāla, the sabhā-maṇḍapa and the ardha-manḍapa.[1] They are all inwardly rectangular. Only the garbha-gṛiha is star-shaped outwardly, but it is not decorated with sculptures.

.. The pillars[2] in the sabhā maṇḍapa are square-shaped at the bottom, then octagonal and finally round, and support the beams on which the ceiling is erected. They are finely carved, but contain no sculptures or even decorative scrolls. The garbha-gṛiha has on a high pedestal a finely wrought standing image of the Tīrthaṅkara Pārśvanātha[3] in black stone, with the seven heads of a serpent spread over his head. Besides, there are several large images of other Tīrthaṅkaras sitting in the meditation pose, which are placed in the garbha-gṛiha and the sabhāmaṇḍapa. Their names or lāñchhanas have not been carved on their pedestals, but the pujārī of the temple identifies them as Śāntinātha, Ṛishabhanātha, Nēminātha and so forth. They seem to have been installed in the temple in later times. One other image, viz., that of standing Bāhubalī,[4] is installed in a room on the terrace of the temple. It is of white marble. The temple has a high māna-stambha in front.

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.. The second old Jaina temple in Kolhāpur is situated in the back yard of the Mahālakshmī temple. It is now converted into a shrine of the god Śēshaśāyī Vishṇu. This temple faces north and consists of the ardha-maṇḍapa, the sabhā-maṇḍapa and garbha-gṛiha.[5] A large inscription is engraved on the beams of the ardha- and the sabhā-maṇḍapa. It shows that the shrine was erected by the aforementioned Nimbadēva sāmanta of Gaṇḍarāditya, and was dedicated to the Tīrthaṅkara Ādinātha. It is described in the inscription as a lofty structure, adorned with excellent merchants, quarters and courtesans’ houses and a high māna-stambha.[6] This descripttion appears exaggerated in view of the present modest from of the old shrine. On the other hand, it appears very unlikely that the heavy beam and the circular ceiling of the sabhāmaṇḍapa have been transplanted here from elsewhere. The māna-stambha has since disappeared, and an image of Vishṇu reclining on his serpent couch has taken the place of the Tīrthaṅkara Ādinatha.

.. This temple appears unpretentious. The ceiling of the sabhā-maṇḍapa, however, is circular like that of the Rūpanārāyaṇa temple and has a row of small standing Ṭīrthaṅkara figures over the beams of the ceiling mentioned above. The spire over the temple has now disappeared.

.. Besides these, there is another Jaina temple[7] at Khidrāpur. It is dedicated to Ṛishabhanātha or Ādīnātha. It is maintained in a good condition. Who constructed this temple is not definitely known, but it was probably the same Sāmanta Nimbadēvarasa who erected the two aforementioned temples in Kolhāpur. He seems to have undertaken the construction of this shrine, when is liege-lord Gaṇḍarāditya commenced the Kōppēśvara temple. The latter has remained incomplete to this day, but the pious Sāmanta of the Śilāhāra king carried this shrine to completion. Unlike his two temples in Kolhāpur, this one erected by Nimbadeva is beautifully decorated with sculptures. It is worthy of note that some of the sculptures used
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[1] Pl. Y, Fig. 31.
[2] See Pl. R, Fig. 22.
[3] Plate S, Fig. 23.
[4] Plate S, Fig. 24.
[5] Plate Z, Fig. 32.
[6] See No. 50, v. 11.
[7] See Pl. T, Fig. 25.

 

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