Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s4.6

c13.s4.6

A special feature of the second Jaina Stūpa is the discovery of numerous inscriptions dated in Kushāṇa era which give a detailed picture of the Jaina Saṅgha that is confirmed by the Kalpasūtra of Bhadrabāhu which points to the authentic nature of the Jaina accounts. We have already discussed the art evidence furnished by the numerous railing pillars which once formed part of the two Jaina Stūpa at Kaṅkālī Ṭilā. Our attention is now drawn by the large number of images of Tīrthaṅkaras and other deities which must have belonged to the period of the Stūpa when shrines began to be made.