Kalpasutra

The Kalpasutra (Book of Ritual) is the most important canonical text for the Svetambaras (white-clad), one of the two sects of Jainism. Jainism is one of the oldest religions to have survived to the present time and one of its basic teachings is of non-violence. The Kalpasutra is divided into three sections.

Kind

artefact

Date

1450–1500 CE