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CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE JAINA ART OF M.P.
Mahavira. The site was a Jaina centre from the eleventh to fourteenth centuries A.D.
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Apart from the stone images, metal images of a few Tirthankaras, particularly of Adinatha, Parsvanatha and Mahavira, were cast during the period. Images in metal were also made of goddesses Sarasvati, Ambika, Cakresvari, etc. They were of gold, silver, ast-dhatu or of bronze. These are preserved in various temples, and in the museums at Gwalior, Indore, Raipur, Dhubela and Nagpur.
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