Abu Simbel is named after Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian president from 1954 to 1970. At the time of Ramses II. the southern border of the realm of the Pharaohs was located near the two cataracts. The construction of the Abu Simbel temple compound there was meant to demonstrate the power and eternal supremacy of Egypt with respect to the tributary Nubia. The new dam flooded all of Lower Nubia, the inhabitants became homeless and were mostly resettled in the areas of Aswan and Kom Ombo. Only in Abu Simbel, a new village developed with hotel and airport. Due to a lack of
Girnar Jain temples by the brothers Tejapala and Vastupala (built 1177) who also built Dilwara Temples on Mount Abu. The plan is that of 3 temples joined together. The shrine has a blue black image of Mallinath, the 19th Tirthankar. Farther North is the temple of Samprati Raja. This temple is probably one of the oldest on the hill, dated 1158 (likely of renovation). Samprati is said to have ruled at Ujjain in the end of the third century BCE, and to have been the son of Kunala, Ashoka's third son. South of this, and 200 feet above the Jain temples on way