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Some of the oldest Jain sculptures excaved at Kankali Tila are in the Government Museum, Mathura. [13] Many Jain sculptures are kept in Government Museum, Chennai. [14] [15] The oldest Jain sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is of the Siddha Bahubali. [16]
The Gommateshwara statue is dedicated to the Jain figure Bahubali and symbolises the Jain precepts of peace, non-violence, sacrifice of worldly affairs, and simple living. It was built around 983 CE during the Western Ganga dynasty and is one of the largest free-standing statues in the world. [3] It was regarded the tallest Jain statue until ...
The earliert known examples of Jain sculpture are stone architraves of the 1st century BCE, found in the Art of Mathura, particularly from the Jain mound of Kankali Tila. [ 42 ] Perhaps the most famous single Jain work of art is the Gommateshvara statue , a monolithic, 18 m statue of Bahubali , built by the Ganga minister and commander ...
The famous Jain stupa was excavated here in 1890-91 by Alois Anton Führer (Dr. Führer). [3] The mound almost rectangular in shape is 500 feet long by 350 feet broad. [3] Kankali Tila brought forth many treasures of Jain art. The archaeological findings testifies the existence of two Jain temples and stupas.
The pink sandstone Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sculptures of Mathura from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE reflected both native Indian traditions and the Western influences received through the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and effectively established the basis for subsequent Indian religious sculpture. [4]
The Gopachal rock-cut Jain monuments are located on the rock cliffs of the hill topped by the Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh. Gopgiri or Gop Parvat is the old designation of the Gwalior Fort. There are five clusters of monuments that surround the hill, as can be seen in the 1901 map. [3] [4]
The Lohanipur torso is thought to represent a Jaina Tirthankara. [3] The statue is an outstanding example of Mauryan polish, an advanced polishing technique essentially characteristic of the Mauryan Empire, which almost fell out of use after that period, although, if it is of a later date, it might suggest that polishing techniques survived the Mauryan era.
Parshvanatha temple (IAST: Pārśvanātha Mandir) is a 10th-century Jain temple at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is now dedicated to Parshvanatha, although it was probably built as an Adinatha shrine during the Chandela period. Despite the temple's Jain affiliation, its exterior walls feature Vaishnavaite themes.