Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.273

c6.273

Dr. Hiranand Sastri claimed to possess the earliest illustrated manuscript of the *Kalpasūtra*, bearing a date which is equivalent to 1068 A.D.,² but from the style of the miniatures it is evident that the manuscript belongs to the early 15th century and the date was copied from some ancient palm-leaf manuscript of the *Kalpasūtra*.