Kalinjara

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kalinjara

Village in the State of Banswara, Rajputana, situated in 23 degree 21' N. and 74 degree 19' E., on the right bank of the Haran stream, a tributary of the Anas, 17 miles south-west of the capital. It was formerly a place of considerable trade carried on by Jain merchants, who were driven away by Maratha freebooters. It is now the head- quarters of the southern of the two districts into which the State has been recently divided, and possesses a small Hindi school attended by about 20 boys. The place is remarkable as containing the ruins of a fine Jain temple, described by Heber as being built on a very complicated and extensive plan. It is covered with numerous domes and pyramids and divided into a great number of apartments, roofed with stone, crowded with images, and profusely embellished with rich and elaborate carvings.

[Bishop Heber, Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, voL ii (1828).]