Topic summary
Chittor
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Chittorgarh.
History
Chittor has a history going back several centuries. It was an ancient centre of Jain tradition. Chittor is adjacent to the ancient city of Madhyamika. The Jain inscriptions at Mathura from the Kushana period (1st–3rd centuries CE) mention a "Majjhimilla" branch of the "Kottiya" gana, indicating that it was a major Jain centre. The famous AcharyaHaribhadra Suri (6th century CE) was born in Chittor and wrote "Dhurtopakhyana" there.