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prabhu and Parswanath respectively as made out from the Chinhas. The two other images are of the 24th Tirthankar Mahavira. Peculiarly enough in this village an inscription on a piece of stone has been used in the masonry work within the ring of a well. This clearly shows that the stone slabs containing images and inscriptions were open to free vandalism in the hand of unscrupulous public.
A Rich field for Research
Strangely enough Manbhum is a district where there are Jaina antiquities in abundance lying exposed and neglected. The more one enquires the more relics come to one's knowledge. The little known village Pabanpur in Barabhum Pargana was obviously an important Jaina centre in olden times. There are a number of ruined temples and broken antiquities. Some of these temples have exquisite carvings. On all sides of the temple there are damaged images of the Tirthankars. Another small village, Par at a distance of four miles from Anara Railway Station has also certain Jaina antiquities but there has not been any exploration of the area. Some of the antiquities of this area had been sent to Calcutta Museum and are preserved there. One of them is a 2 ft. high image of Shanti Nathji in Khargasan. This is slightly damaged.
Probably because the Jaina images, many of, which are still unbroken, are lying exposed under trees of on sites which were once temples, very little attention has been paid to them. The cluster of images that the witer saw at
