Balatkara Gana

Balatkara Gana was established in northern India by the thirteenth century, as inscriptions at Un, Ahar and Hoshangabad attest. Its teacher Prabhachandra is remembered as the first bhattaraka of Delhi in the fourteenth century.

The Delhi lineage later produced branches elsewhere: Sakalakirti founded the Idar line in the fifteenth century, and Ratnakirti founded the Nagaur line after studying under Jinachandra.