Nattal Sahu

Nattal Sahu of Yoginipur (now Mehrauli, Delhi) is the earliest known Agrawal Jain merchant-prince, who lived during the reign Tomara king, Anangapal.

His life's account is described in Apabhramsha text Pasanaha Cariu (Parshvanath Caritra) of poet Vibudh Shridhar, written in 1132 CE.

[5] He controlled a commercial empire spread through Anga, Vanga (Bengal), Kalinga (Odisha), Karnataka, Nepal, Bhot (Tibet), Panchal, Chedi, Gauda, Thakka (Punjab), Kerala, Marahatta (Maharashtra), Bhadanaka (Bayana), Magadh, Gurjar, Sorath (Saurashtra) and Haryana.

He describes his patron thus:[7] सिरि अयरवाल कुल कमल मित्तु, सुधम्म कम्म पवियण्य-वित्तु siri ayaravaala kula kamala mittu, sudhamma kamma paviyaNya-vittu Nattala Sahu had built a beautiful temple of Lord Adinath.

He had the idol installed with an elaborate ceremony: जैनं चैत्यमकारि सुन्दरतरं जैनीं प्रतिष्ठां तथा| स श्रीमान्विदितः सदैव जयतात्पृथ्वीतले नट्टलः|| jainaM chaityamakaari sundarataraM jainii.n pratishhThaa.n tathaa| sa shreemaanviditaH sadaiv jayataatpR^ithviitale naTTalaH|| It is believed that fragments of this temple were used for the Quwwat-al-Islam mosque near Qutab Minar.