History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s2.19

v2.c24.s2.19

The temples distinctively Jaina in the Dhârwâr districts are not now numerous, yet there are sufficient remains at Belgaum, Pattadakal, Aihole,¹ and at Annîgeri, Dambal, Lakkundi, and other places, to prove that Jainism was at one time very influential. Those at Pattadakal and Aihole have been briefly noticed above (vol. i., pp. 319, 356). It has been supposed that it was probably owing to a succession of able Digambara Jaina teachers, in this Kanarese country, during the 8th and 9th centuries, and who were favoured by the Râshtrakûta kings of Mâlkhed, that Buddhism waned in these districts, and finally disappeared. Respecting the temples, we learn that those at Annîgeri—probably erected in the 10th century—with others in Mysore, were burnt by Râjendradeva Cholâ about the middle of the 11th century, and were restored by a local governor about 1070.