Jain communities · The Chaulukya kingdom of Gujarat · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Dilwara temples

The Vimala Vasahi, the first of the Dilwara temples of white marble, was built in 1031 by Vimala, a Chaulukya minister; the Luna Vasahi of 1230 by the ministers Vastupala and Tejahpala (recalled; Wikipedia's Dilwara page gives the dates) is not yet.

The Jain merchants' endowments, the Paramara raja Dharavarsha's protection and the Marwar road tolls are what keep it. Mount Abu lies above Chandravati; Kumbhariya's older Jain temples lie below.

Who holds it

Name
the Jain sangha's trustees under the protection of Dharavarsha
Title
Head or custodian
Since
1031 (Vimala Vasahi)
Born
not pinned
Confidence
low

Wikipedia's Dilwara page, summarised.

Overlord

Dharavarsha Paramara

How things stand that morning

One temple of marble on a sacred mountain at a frontier; the Luna Vasahi is thirty years off.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

  1. 1230The Luna Vasahi is built at DilwaraDepends on: Vastupala and Tejahpala in office Stopped by: The fall of the Vaghela ministry

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Wikipedia's Dilwara Temples page and the Paramara page.

Primary sources for Chaulukya Gujarat

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

1 more in the sources library for Northern India.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia, 'Dilwara Temples'
  2. Wikipedia, 'Paramaras of Chandravati'
  3. OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead only; checked against the sources above)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.