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Nattal Sahu of Yoginipur (now Mehrauli, Delhi) is the earliest known Agrawal Jain merchant-prince, who lived during the reign Tomara Dynasty king, Anangpal Tomar. His biography is in the Apabhramsha text Pasanaha Cariu (Parshvanath Caritra) of the poet Vibudh Shridhar, written in 1132 CE. Prominent Historical Jain men and Women, Dr. Jyotiprasad Jain, Bharatiya Jnanpith, 1975.Paramananda Jain Shastri, Agrawalon ka Jain Samskrti mein Yogadan, Anekanta Oct. 1966, p. 277-281."An Early Attestation of the Toponym Dhillika", by Richard J. Cohen, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1989, p. 513-519.
Nattal's father was Sahu Joja. Tirthankar Mahavir Aur Unki Acharya Parampara, Volume IV, Dr. Nemichandra Shastri, Shantisagar, 1975. He had two older brothers Raghav and Sodhal. Nattal was the chief of the Jains of Delhi. Vaddhamana Cariu, Edited/translated by Prof. Dr. Rajaram Jain, Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi, 1975. He controlled a commercial empire spread through Anga, Vanga kingdom (Bengal), Kalinga (Odisha), Karnataka, Nepa kingdom, Tibetan Plateau (Tibet), Panchal, Chedi Kingdom, Gauda, Thakka (Punjab), Kerala, Marahatta (Maharashtra), Bhadanaka (Bayana), Magadh, Gurjar, Sorath (Saurashtra) and Haryana. Jain Dharma Ka Prachin Itihas, Vol II, Parmanand Shastri, Gajendra Publications, Delhi, 1980. He was also a minister in the court of Anangapal.
It is believed that fragments of this temple were used for the Quwwat-al-Islam mosque near Qutab Minar.
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