Acharya Hasti Mala
His real name was Oḍayā Deva. Being an unbeatable debater and great logician, he was decorated with the title of Vādīma Siṃha.
He wrote three jewels like texts namely 'Syādvādasiddhi', 'Kṣatra Cāḍāmaṇi' and 'Gadya Cintāmaṇi'. The rule of king of Kāṃcī, Pallavarāja Mahendra Varman-I is 600 to 630AD. Vādīma Siṃha was also his contemporary. Hence his time is also established as the first half of seventh century AD.
35th, 36th, 37th and 38th pontiffs of Lord Mahāvīra's tradition
| 35th Ācāryaśrī Jaya Sena-II | 36th Ācāryaśrī Jagamala Swāmi | |
| Birth | V.N. 1142 | V.N. 1187 |
| Initiation | V.N. 1174 | V.N. 1214 |
| Ācārya post | V.N. 1197 | V.N. 1223 |
| Death | V.N.1223 | V.N. 1229 |
| Householder life | 32 years | 27 years |
| Monk ordinary | 23 years | 9 years |
| Ācārya | 26 years | 6 years |
| Total monkhood | 49 years | 15 years |
| Lifespan | 81 years | 42 years |
| 37th pontiff Ācāryaśrī Devaṛṣi | 38th pontiff Ācāryaśrī Bhīmaṛṣi | |
| Birth | V.N.1149 | V.N.1160 |
| Initiation | V.N.1190 | V.N.1211 |
| Ācārya post | V.N.1229 | V.N.1234 |
| Death | V.N.1234 | V.N. 1263 |
| Householder | 41 years | 51 years |
| General monk | 39 years | 23 years |
| Ācārya post | 5 years | 29 years |
| Monkhood | 44 years | 52 years |
| Lifespan | 85 years | 103 years |
32nd Epochal-ācārya Sri Puṣya Mitra.
| Birth | V.N.1152 | Special Note: According to writings in Titthogāli Paiṇṇaya, Ācārya Puṣya Mitra was the last knower of complete 84000 verses of Bhagavatīsūtra. He was a great thinker, and expert in practicing and protecting the right Jain Śramaṇa conduct. Alongwith his death in V.N. 1250, Bhagavatisūtra and six other limbs were destroyed. |
| Initiation | V.N.1160 | |
| Ordinary monkhood | V.N.1160-1197 | |
| Epochal-ācārya | V.N. 11971250 | |
| Death | V.N. 1250 | |
| Lifespan | 98 years |
Harṣavardhana, other name Śīlāditya
A very prominent and brave king in the history of India, Harṣavardhana by name ruled Kannauja and Sthāneśwara in V.N. 12th century. Harṣavardhana himself was a great scholar, respectable writer of literary masterpieces, admirer of scholars, brave warrior, and expert in warfare strategies and a worshipper of peace.
Achieving his lifelong ambition to defeat and expel the foreign invader Hūṇa from his motherland forever proves his deep love for his motherland. He used to respect all religions equally.
The great Bhaṭṭāraka King Prabhākaravardhana (other name Pratāpaśakti) and his queen Yaśomatī Devī had two sons. The elder son, the great Bhaṭṭāraka King Rājyavardhana was a follower of Buddhism while the younger son the great Bhaṭṭārakas King Harṣdavardhana was a follower of Śaiva religion.
After the death of King Prabhākarvardhana, King of Mālawā tried to invade Thāneśwara. Hearing this painful news, Rājyavardhana with his 10000 mounted-soldiers left for a war with the King of Mālawā and left Harṣdavardhana in Thāneśwara to protect the same. Moving with the speed of the wind, Rājyavardhan defeated the King of Mālawā.
After his victory over Mālawā, Gaura King Śaśāṃka betrayed and killed Rājyavardhana. This was a great pain. Like the fall of lightening on Harṣdavardhana. He took a vow to get rid from this earth Gaura King in a few days; else he will kill himself by burning in fire. Afterwards Harṣdavardhana with a large and strong army departed to conquer and rule all over in four directions after defeating and taking revenge against Gaura King Śaśāṃka first. He attacked Pundu, the capital of Śaśāṃka. He defeated Śaśāṃka in this battle.
The Chinese writer Huena Tsāṃga in his memoirs of visit to Magadha in 637-638 AD has written that Śaśāṃka cut a Bodhi tree in Gayā and as a result after sometime he died.
After the death of Rājyavardhana, Harṣavardhana resolved to establish an omnipotent and all-pervading empire to unite the entire country. To fulfil this dream of his, he kept on trying for a long time. He succeeded reasonably in North and East. However he could not realize completely his dream of uniting from north to south and east to west under one rule. The biggest bottleneck in fulfilment of his dream was the Cālukya Kingdom of Bādāmī.
When Harṣavardhana was moving on the southern route to conquer the south and fully realize his dream, then Pulakeśina-II with the support of his large army stopped the advancement of Harṣavardhana's army further. On the coasts of Narmadā, a great war between the armies of Harṣavardhana and Cālukya King Pulakeśina-II was fought. After great fight, armies of Harṣavardhana had to face defeat.
Ever before his accession to throne, a number of difficulties befell on him. But he bravely continued to unite the entire country as powerful and prosperous under one rule. Even with lot of adverse conditions, he did not give up his ambition. It is an established fact that he could not unite the entire country under one rule, yet for about three decades he ruled the entire north India as a very powerful ruler. His expertise in warfare, bravery, love for literature, noble character and other such supreme values are written in the annals of the history of India. In fact he was a great ruler.
Like he was an expert in fighting with the sword, Harṣavardhana was also equally expert in writing literary masterpieces, and serving the scholars as well. Eminent poets of very high calibre like Bāṇa and Mayūra were present in his royal courts. Also he himself wrote the famous and high calibre dramas like 'Ratnāvalī', 'Priyadarśikā' and 'Nāgānanda'. All these three plays were extremely popular in those days and were enacted with music and songs etc at different places.
As Harṣavardhana had no heir, so the rule of Puṣpabhūti dynasty ended along with his death.
