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had been worked out by now, and the artists were compelled to pay more attention to the prescribed iconic norms than to the aesthetic sense of composition. The richness of the contemporary Jaina community and the partronage received from the rulers contributed to the mass development of art in various parts of Madhya Pradesh. The numerous temples and sculptures from Khajuraho, Ajaigarh, Mohendra, Chanderi, Ahar, Terhi, Damoh, Ujjain. Gandhrawal, Gyaraspur, Bhanpura, Gwalior and several other sites furnish a rich material for the study of iconographic details.
The Chandellas were great patrons of art. Not only at Khajuraho bụt also at their other centres, viz. Ajaigarh, Mahoba and Kalinjar, Jaina temples and sculptures in large numbers were carved. As regards Khajuraho, it may be mentioned that the Saiva, Sakta and Vaisnava cults were more prominent there for quite a long time. It was at a later stage that the Jaina achar yas settled at the eastern group of temples at Khajuraho and established their centre there.
The Medieval Jaina art of Madhya Pradesh has almost the same merits and demerits which we notice in the contemporary art of central India.
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