Nāgaḍā's Ancient Jaina Temple

Nagada (anc. Nägabrda, var. Nagadraha) was one of the capital-cities of the Guhila-s of Mewar (ane. Mèdapata), particularly in the later part of the tenth century. The temple of Lakulta (972) in the Ekalingajt group," the Visnu temple in the gorge (ca. 972) close to Ekalingaj² and the famous twin temples called Sas-bahu temples at

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ढाकी नागदा (प्राचीन नागह्रद) के एकमात्र दिगम्बर जिनालय का वर्णन करते हैं। नागदा मेवाड़ के गुहिलों की राजधानियों में था और भाण्डारकर ने इसका उल्लेख संक्षेप में किया था। चौदहवीं सदी के श्वेताम्बर मन्दिरों से प्राचीन होने के कारण यह स्थानीय शैली के इतिहास हेतु महत्त्वपूर्ण है। Dhaky describes the solitary Digambara shrine at Nagada, ancient Nagahrada, a capital of the Guhilas of Mewar, noticed only briefly by D. R. Bhandarkar. Earlier than the fourteenth-century Svetambara temples there, it matters for the early history of the local style beside the Lakulisa and Sasbahu temples.

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