The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c11.s8.92

v1.c11.s8.92

Other grants to Dakṣiṇa-Kedāra in the reigns of Bijjala's successors, and various foundations elsewhere, are described in similar but less elaborate terms; it is needless to record all these instances in detail here. But it is worth noting that towards the end of the period, round about A.D. 1200, there is evidence that Jainism was still holding its own, for we then hear of the Cārukirti-paṇḍita-deva,¹ this being the title of the Śravaṇa Belgoḷa *guru*, as repairing a Pañca *basti* and obtaining for it a transfer of villages originally granted to another *basti* which was no longer in existence, having perhaps been destroyed during the storm of the preceding contest between the Liṅgāyats and the Jains.²