These and many other statements in the inscriptions, about the teachers and their schools are of no small importance in themselves for the early history of the Jainas. The agreement of the above with the Kalpasutra can best be shown by placing the statements in question against one another. The inscriptions prove the actual existence of twenty of the subdivisions mentioned in the Sthaviravali of the Kalpasutra. Among its eight ga[n.]as we can certainly trace three, possibly four—the Uddchika, Vara[n.]a, Ve[’s]ava[d.]iya(?) and Ko[d.]iya.
Inscriptions:—
1. Ko[t.][t.]iya (Ko[d.]iya) Gana | .--------------------------------------. | | Bramadasika kula Uchchenagari [’s]akha Thaniya kula Vairi, Vairiya [’s]akha P[a[n.]ha]vahu[[n.]aya]ku[la] Majhama [’s]akha
The Sthaviravali of the Kalpasutra (Sac. Bks. of the East, vol. XXII, p. 292) states that Sus[t.]hita and Supratibuddha founded the—
Ko[t.]iya or Kau[t.]aka Ga[n.]a | .------------------------------------------------. | | kulas [’s]akhas 1. Bambhalijja 1. Uchchanagari 2. Vachchhalijja 2. Vijjahari 3. Va[n.]iya or Va[n.]ijja 3. Vajri 4. Panhavahanaya 4. Majjhimaka or Pra[’s]navahanaka 5. Majjhima (scholar of the two teachers. founded by Priyagantha the second)
Inscriptions:—
2. Vara[n.]a Ga[n.]a | .------------------------------. | | kulas [’s]akhas Petivamika Vajanagari Aryya Ha[t.]ikiya Haritamalaka[d.]hi Pu[’s]yamitriya Aryya-Che[t.]iya Kaniyasika
The Kalpasutra states that [’S]rigupta of the Haritagotra founded the Chara[n.]a ga[n.]a, which was divided into four [’s]akhas and into seven kulas:
Chara[n.]a-ga[n.]a | .-----------------------------. | | kulas [’s]akhas 1. Vachchhalijja Sa[.m]ka[’s]ika 2. Pidhammiya 3. Halijja Vajjanagari 4. Pusamittijja Gavedhuka 5. Malijja 6. Arya-Che[d.]aya Hariyamalagari 7. Ka[n.]hasaha
Inscriptions:—
3. Aryya-Udekiya Ga[n.]a | .--------------------------. | | kulas | Nagabhatikiya Petaputrika [’s]akha. Puridha..