Correct Answer - Option 3 : Bijolia Inscription
The correct answer is Bijolia Inscription.
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Bijolian (Vindhyavali) is famous for two rock inscriptions, both dated A.D. 1170.
- One inscription provides the genealogy of the Chahamanas of Ajmer.
- Other is a 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 Purana was composed and engraved on a large rock nearby.
- The ancient site of Bijolian (Vindhyavali) assumed importance as a holy place for the Jainas and Saivas.
- Of the two rock inscriptions, the one dated V.S. 1226 belonging to the Chahamanas records the genealogy of the Chahamanas up to the coronation of Somesvara and mentions names of several Brahmanical temples, then existing in Vindhyavali and neighbouring places.
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Barli Inscription, Ajmer:
- Barli inscription which had been discovered in the year 1912, is the oldest inscription in history which is showing Veer Samvat and no other inscription before Ashoka period has been discovered till date in the world.
- It reveals that Jaina cult was prevalent in Madhyamika.
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Gosundi Inscription, Chittor:
- Mentions Asvamedha Yajna by King Sarvatata.
- Mentions about Krishna & Sankarshana (Balram)
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Ghatiyala Inscription, Jodhpur:
- Information related to political, social & religious policies of Pratihara dynasty.
