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# Victory banner

This painting is a victory banner or diagram. Its inscription says it was consecrated by Jinabhadrasuri, the chief of the Kharataragachha, during the auspicious Diwali festival in 1447 AD (v.s.1504). This makes it one of the earliest dated Jain cloth paintings to survive. The space for the donor's name is left blank.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1447 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-89-1936](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-89-1936) · Pramāṇa
