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Mediaeval JainismB. A. Saletore

Jainism

Mediaeval Jainism

With Special Reference to the Vijayanagara Empire

by B. A. Saletore

A historical study of Jain communities in Karnataka from the age of the Gangas and Hoysalas to the Vijayanagara empire, drawing heavily on inscriptions. Saletore traces royal patronage, relations with Shaiva and Vaishnava movements and the survival of Jain centres in the south.

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