Jaina Archaeology Outside India

SR No.: 007644
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jineshwardas Jain
Publisher: Bharat Varshiya Digambar Jain Mahasabha
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 105
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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at Harappa revealed a series of cities, stacked one over the other. It appears to have thrived around 2000 to 1700 BC. The cemeteries discovered at Harappa confirm that Indus Valley people buried their deads.
Statues from Indus vallev:
The seated deities engraved [Ref: Ram Prasad Chanda; Modern review, Calcutta, August 1932, pp 158-159] on some Indus seals are in Yoga posture, the standing deities on the seals show kayotsarga posture (dedication of the body) of yoga which is a representative of penance by Lord Rishabh (see Fig. 1). The name Rishabha (called vrishabha also) means bull and bull is the emblem of Jina Rishabha ( see Fig.2 & 3). These seals have been found in Mohan-jodaro. The two riks (Fig.3 & 4) are proof of the truth that we are perhaps recognizing in the Harappa statuette a full-fledged jain tirthankara in the characteristic pose of physical abundance (Kayotsarga) (Ref: T. Ramachandra; Director General Archeological Deptt. of India; Harappa and Jainism, Pub: Kundkund Bharati Prakashan, N.Delhi 1987.
In the vedic grantha, Righved Lord Rishabh is known by the names Vratrashan, Shraman muni, Pitamaha, Brhmma etc. In Bhagwat (5'7'3SHLOKA 5, CHAPTER 4/6 -Ajnabh Naamet varsgha Bharatmiti yat aarambh vyapadishyanti) the name of Bharatvarsha was popular as Ajnabh but after the birth of Bharat, the famous son of Lord Rishabh - its name was changed to 'BHAARAT'. Out of 100 sons of Lord Rishabh, Bharat anfd Bhaubali were the two elder sons. Bahubali was given the kingdom of Taxila , also known as Podanpur. Shri Dhanpal the writer of 'Bhavishya datta Katha' describes that Podanpur was a region of Indus province. In modern times this place lies near Rawalpindi and is in the most broke condition.