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The Jains and the Yadavas of Devagiri
161 Post Tughluq Devgiri lost its economic and political importance and no connected account of the Jaina sects can be presented. Available literary and archaeological evidences cited above tell a tale of the varying fortunes of two competing sects of an essentially mercantile community.
REFERENCES
1. Vividhatīrthakalpa, Sindhi Jain Granthamālā, Granthănka 10, p. 53-54. 2. Shah, Ambhlala, Jain Sahitya ka Brihada Itihas, Varanasi, p. 418. 3. Lele, K. K., Hemādri referred in Sukrita Sāgara (in Marathi), Quarterly of the Bharat Itihas Samsodhaka Mandala, Year 6, No. 1-4, Pune, Saka 1847, pp. 19-20. 4. An inscribed Tirthankara image in stone, with head broken and lost, was found at Devagiri (Daulatabad) fort belonging to Digambara sect. It was published by Shri M. N. Deshpande in 'Satabda kaumudi'the centenary volume of the Central Museum, Nagpur.
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