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Rock Inscription within the Parasvanath Temple compound(12th Century)

Bijolian(Vindhyavali) is famous for two rock inscriptions, both dated A.D. 1170. One inscription provides the genealogy of the Chahamanas of Ajmer and the other isa Jaina poem called Uttama Sikhara Purana. This latter inscription, incised near the shrine door of the temple of Parsvanatha, records the obeisance of Manoratha, son of Mahidhara. This spot gained such a wide reputation and became so holy to the Digambara Jainas that a mythological treatise called the Uttama Sikhara Puranawas composed and engraved on a large rock nearby.   The monument is notified vide Act No. 70 of 1956, dated 15.12.1956.