Kharatara Gaccha

Kharatara Gaccha traces its founding to Vardhamana Suri. His pupil Jineshvara earned the title Kharatara after defeating a rival in debate at Anahilvada Patan in 1024, giving the order its name.

In the sixteenth century Jinachandra Suri II met the Mughal emperor Akbar at Lahore through the intercession of the Jain official Karam Chand Bachhawat. In 1595 he travelled to Multan and Uch before returning to Rajasthan.