256 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [SimsifBEB, 1873.
On thd right side of the entrance to the tem¬ ple, is the following, on a slab 9J inches by 15 J,—recording the modern repair of the old building and erection of others by command of Guman Sinha, the son of Maharava Sava Sinha of Sirohi in Sam* 1875 (a.d. 1818);:*—
On another slab* 16 by 27 inches, on the-
same side, is the following, 44 recording the erec¬
tion (in Sam. 1394) of the temple by Mahadeva
Padhi, by the patronage of Kahnada Deva the
son of Teja Sinha the^ Chahnman and prince of
Chandravati, as well as the grant of several
villages by Teja Sinha, Kahnada Deva, and the
Chanhan SAmanta Sinha. The priest is an
enemy to> the Jaina Sect, as he congratulates
the world npon the recovery of religion from
heretics and opposers of the Srutis and Smritis.
In S. 1506, the Rana Kumbha Kama* the son of
Mokala RAnA, grants a village for the celebration
of the Adinatha Yatra. In S. 1589, the Maharaja-
Akhi erects a temple or a fountain”!*
And on a similar tablet on the left side, some¬
what damaged at the bottom, is another dated
S. 1523 and 1524: 44 It consists of a panegyric
of the Muni Vasishtha, and narrates his bring¬
ing Arbuda originally from the Himalaya range,,
of which it was a part; it reoords also some
pecuniary gifts made by different chiefe, by tb>
Maharana Kheta, and Vira Hawel/’f
- As. B*m. rol XYL p. 814, No. xzn. f As. Bss. at tup. No, zxxx. X As, Rss. at anp. No. xxx.
