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It appears that Caita was an important centre of Jaina art and architecture, especially of image making. The depiction of Upādhyāya figures in vyākhyāna-mudrā suggests a possibility that in the direction of these Upadhyāyas the construction of the Jaina temples of Caita was done with the donation of the śrävakas for whom some information are available in the inscriptions of the place. Plausibly, for this reason images of Caita largely follow the iconographic features of Jaina canons.
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