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Golapurva is an ancient Jain community from the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.
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Golapurva is an ancient Jain community from the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.
Jainism had a continuous presence in the Bundelkhand region since antiquity. Jainism was flourishing during the Gupta period at Vidisha region. The Durjanpur idols installed during the rule of Ramagupta date to about 365 AD. The Udaigiri cave Parshvanath inscription mentioning the lineage of Bhadranvaya is dated to 425 AD. [1] The great Shantinath temple at Deogarh was built before 862 CE, suggesting existence of a prosperous Jain community in this region.
A number of Chandella-period inscriptions mentioning the Golapurva community have been found. [2] These include Jagatsagar Lake (now in Dhubela museum) (Sam. 1119 i.e. 1062 AD), [3] Urdamau (Sam. 1149, 1171 i.e. CE 1092 and 1114), Bahuriband (1125 AD), Mau (sam 1199), Jatara (Sam 1199), Aharji (sam 1202), Chhatarpur (sam. 1202), Paporaji (sam 1202), Mau (sam 1203), Navagarh (sam 1195, 1203), Mahoba (sam. 1219) etc. With the exception of Bahoriband, all the oldest inscriptions have been found in the vicinity of the Dhasan River (Sanskrit Dasharna).
संवत १०..फाल्गुन वदि ९ सोमे श्रीमद गयाकर्णदेव विजयराज्ये राष्ट्रकूटकुलोद्भव महासमन्ताधिपति श्रीमद् गोल्हणदेवस्य प्रवर्धमानस्य श्रीमद् गोल्लापूर्वाम्नाये वेल्लप्रभाटिकायामुरुकृताम्नाये तर्कतार्किक चूडामणि श्रीमन् माधवनन्दिनानुगृहीतः तस्साधु श्री सर्व्वधरः तस्य पुत्र महाभोज धर्म्मदानाध्ययनरतः तेनेदं कारितं रम्यम शान्तिनाथस्य मन्दिरं
The Bahuriband Inscription 1125 CE
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