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Shatrunjaya / Palitana temples

A hilltop temple group with repeated rebuilding documented in Jain literary and epigraphic records.

Palitana · Gujarat

LAST DOCUMENTED CONDITION

Rebuilt

As documented: 2026-09-28
LOCATION PRECISION

Approximate locality

21.4830°, 71.7940° · not a surveyed footprint

How to read this history

AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.

The recorded chronology

Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.

  1. Partial destruction · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗

    1312–1313 AD

    Jain accounts record a destructive campaign and subsequent restoration of temples on the hill.

    eventAttributed · further checking needed

    Jain accounts record a destructive campaign and subsequent restoration of temples on the hill.

    This is a group-level record; it does not assert identical damage to every present-day shrine.

    dateAttributed · further checking needed

    1312–1313

    actorAttributed · further checking needed

    Forces of Alauddin Khalji

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Location & last documented condition

locationSupported in consulted sources

Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.

present conditionAttributed · further checking needed

The consulted account describes a later rebuilt shrine.

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