Jaiswal Jains are one of the Jain communities of northern India. They are mainly located in the Gwalior/Agra region.Digambar Jain Directory, Thakurds Bhagavandas Javeri, 1914 The term "Jaiswal" indicated as being residents of a place named Jayas or Jais.

Some authors have identified Jais with Jais in Raebareli district. A legend identifies it as Jaisalmer.V.A. Sangave, Jaina Community A social survey, 1980, p. 108Vachankosha, Kavivar Bulakhichand, Kasturchand Kasliwal, 1983, p. 108-114 However, there are documented mentions of Jaiswal Jains prior to the settlement of Jaisalmer which was founded in 1156 by Rawal Jaisal. The famous Dubkund Jain inscription of 1088 AD is the earliest mention of the Jayas town.The Candellas of Jejākabhukti By R. K. Dikshit, Published 1977, Abhinav Publication The Apabhraṃśa Jain poet Lakshmana composed the Jinadatta Charitra in sam. 1275 and Anuvaya Rayana Payiiva in sam. 1313, A Comprehensive History of India Volume 4, Issue 2, 1957, p. 486Tirthankar Mahavir Aur Unki Acharya Parampara, V.4, Nemichandra Shastri, 1974, p. 171 both at Tihuangiri (Tribhubangiri) near Bayana.Jaiswal Jain Itihas, Ranjit Jain, Pub. Jaiswal Jain Samaj Gwalior, 1988 Thus the place Jayas must have been in the vicinity of Gwalior region. Several of the cave temples on the sides of the Gwalior Fort hill have inscriptions mentioning that they were constructed by Jaiswals.Arvind K. Singh and Navneek K. Jain, Inscriptions of Gwalior, Vol1, p. 193 Some of the patrons of poet Raidhu in Gwalior were Jaiswal.BHAṬṬĀRAKAS AND DIGAMBARA MONASTIC LINEAGES OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY GWALIOR: GLIMPSES FROM RAÏDHŪ'S WRITINGS, EVA DE CLERCQ, Journal of Asian History, Vol. 45, No. 1/2 (2011), pp. 63-83

Prominent Jaiswal Jains Poet Bulakhichand, author of Vachankosha in sam. 1707Kavivar Bulakhichand, Kasturchand Kasliwal, 1983, p. 3-115 Dr. Nemichandra Shastri Jyotishacharya 1922-1974 Ravindra Jain, poet and music director

External links Reports By India Archaeological Survey, Archaeological Survey of India, v.20 1882-1883 page 99

See also Jain community

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