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Structural Temples of the Caulukyan Period 179 spread their building activities over the following places:
A峁噃ilpataka, 224/1 Stambhatirtha (Cambay ), Dhavalakka,
(Dholka), Satrunjaya, P盲dliptapura ( Palitana ) Arkap膩lita-gr膩ma
(Ankavaliya) Stambhana (Thamna) Ujjayayanta (Girnar ),
Darbh膩vati (Dabh蓴i) and Arbuda (Abu). Thus in the case of
Vastupala and Tejap膩la we find that the literature of the period
credits them with having built a very large number of temples
of which only a few survive; the rest were probably broken
by the Muslims. Of these those temples which can be definitely
ascribed to them are the temples at Girnar and Abu.
Vastupala Temple At Girnar.
The present temple of Vastup膩la at Girnar consists of three
shrines (Triple shrines), Mallinatha the 19th Tirthankara is
enshrined in the central, while in the shrines on the sides are
Sumeru (As峁�膩pada) and Sameta Sikhara, 225 There are six in-
criptions embedded over many doors of this temple which give
an idea of the religious activities of two brothers. The temple at
Girnar is said to have been built by Vastupala to increase his
own merit and that of his wife Lalitadevi. The inscriptions then
claim that Vastup膩la and his younger brother Tejap膩la had by
the year (V)S. (12)76 erected one crore of temples and renovated
many old ones at great and renounced places of pilgrimage
such as Satrunjaya, Arbud膩cala and in prosperous cities such
as A峁噃ilapura, Bhrigupura, Stambhanakapura, Stambhatirtha,
Darbh膩vati, Dhavalakka and many other places. Of these only
at Abu the temple of Tejapala can be definately identified.226
224/1. Vastup盲lacaritram (A. D. 1441) of Jinahar峁�a refers to 膧ha岣峚deva
caitya, Koran峁璦valagacchiya caitya, San岣峞rav膩la-vasti, and Mallin膩tha
Jin膩laya at Patan where Vastupala or Tejap膩la did one or other sort
of Suk峁泃a (good deed).
225. AKK. Plts. XXXIII & XXXIV. Here Figs. 118, 232.
226. Girnar Inscriptions: ARBP, 283-302 also HIG. Vol. 3 nos. 207-
212. Some艣vara, the author of Kirtikaumudi, was responsible for drafting