Chausa hoard
 Rishabhadeva, Bronze from Chausa, Bihar | |
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This was the first known
Jain bronzes.[1]
The Chausa hoard, thus named after the place of discovery: Chausa or Chausagarh is located in the Buxar district of Bihar state, India.
History
This was the first known
Jain bronzes.[2] The oldest of such bronzes to be found in India, experts date them between the Shunga and the Gupta period, (from 2nd, or possibly the 1st century BC,[3]
to the 6th Century AD).
Patrick Krueger in his classification of Jain bronzes, regards them to be early type, characterized by portrayal of a single Tirthankara without a parikara.[4]
Major Idols
The hoard includes a
Rishabha are easily identified by the locks of hair.[6] The bronzes currently reside in the Patna museum
.
Other well-known hoards of Jain bronzes include
.-
Rishabhadeva, Bronze from Chausa, Bihar
See also
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- Jainism
- Tirthankara
- Jain Sculpture
- Indian art
Notes
- ^ Framing the Jina : Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History: Narratives ... By John Cort, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 42
- ^ Framing the Jina : Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History: Narratives ... By John Cort, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 42
- ^ Pal, 151
- ^ Patrick Krueger, Classification of Jaina Bronzes from Western India, CoJS Newsletter, March 2011, Issue 639
- ^ Jaina Iconography By Umakant Premanand Shah, Abhinav Publications, 1987
- ^ Indian bronze masterpieces: the great tradition : specially published for the Festival of India, Karl J. Khandalavala, Asharani Mathur, Sonya Singh, p.56
References
- Huntington, Susan; The art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain
- Pal, Pratapaditya (1986). Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 B.C.-A.D. 700. Indian Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Vol. 1. ISBN 9780520059917.
- Buddhapada