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MONUMENTS & SCULPTURE A.D. 1300 TO 1800
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fourteenth century. Its style is reminiscent of the Kakatiya school. The noteworthy details of this image are the miniature figures of twenty-three Tirtharkaras around the back-slab, the cauri-bearers and the seven-hooded serpent topped by the mukkudai, all very confidently worked, with an eye on proportion. Amongst the examples belonging to later periods, the Jina from Nindra, the tomb-stone figures from Chippagiri, the cauvisa figure from Nizamabad District and the Gommața figure from Bairampalli may be mentioned, and they may range in date from the fifteenth century.
Before closing this brief outline of the works of sculpture which the Jainas created during the late medieval period in the Deccan, it may be mentioned that at such places as Sravanabelgola, Mudbidri, (plate 256B, 257A. 257B and 258), Nenur, etc., where the Jainas continued to live in an uninterrupted manner, one can find a large number of Jaina sculptures, mostly in metal, which were made during the last few centuries. Late examples of the art, for instance, may be found in the Jaina monastery at Sravanabelgola.
P. R. SRINIVASAN
Epigraphic u Carnatica. II, 1923, p. 29 ft., particularly plates XLIV and XLV.
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