The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.53

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The river Palâsinî, known as Svarṇarekhâ flows by the foot of the hill. Ariṣṭanemi or Neminâtha, the twenty-second Tīrthaṅkara of the Jainas, was worshipped by the Digambara sect: he was born at Sauryapura or Sauripura or Mathurâ and is said to be a contemporary and cousin of Kṛiṣṇa, being the son of Râjimatî, the daughter of Ugrasena. He died at Girnar at a very old age and his symbol was the Śaṅkha or Conch-shell (Uttarâdhyâyana in SBE., XLV, p. 112). He was the guru or spiritual guide of king Dattâtreya, who was his first convert (Antiquities of Kathiawad and Kachh, p. 175; Bṛihat-Saṃhitâ, ch. 14). Junagar itself was called Girinagara: this name was subsequently transferred to the mountain (Corp. Ins. Ind., III, 57). It was the capital of the Scythian viceroy (Kshatrapa), who early in the second century A. D., became independent of the Saka king of Śakastâna or Sistan, which means “the land of Sse” or Sakas (Dr. Rhys Davids’ Buddhist India). The Girnar or Junagar or Rudra Dâman inscription contains an account of Rudra Dâman’s ancestors (JASB., 1883, p. 340). The names of Maurya Chandragupta and his grandson Asoka occur in this inscription (for a transcript of the inscription, see Ind. Ant., VII, p. 260). The mount Girnar contains a foot-print known as Gurudatta-charaṇa which is said to have been left there by Kṛiṣṇa. It was visited by Chaitanya [Govinda Dâs’s (Diary) ]. It was also called Raivataka mountain. It is described in the Śiśupâlavadha (C. IV).