Historical Period7c CE
Chandragiri — Chandragupta Maurya's Jain samadhi
Jain / Digambara
The smaller hill (Chandragiri) at Shravanabelagola houses the samādhi of Chandragupta Maurya — the first Mauryan emperor, who abdicated to become a Jain monk in 297 BCE and fasted to death (sallekhana) on this hill. 14 Jain temples on Chandragiri.