Jain Journal 2010 07

SR No.: 520279
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 2010
Total Pages: 60
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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JAINA ANTIQUITIES FROM THE SATPATTA VILLAGE,
DISTRICT BANKURA, WEST BENGAL Rupendra Kumar Chattopadhyay!, Swati Ray?, Shubha Majumdar?
and Dipsikha Acharya
In recent years during our explorations in the Kumāri and the Kansāvati river valleys in the south eastern region of the district of Bankura we have come across a large number of archaeological sites yielding old habitational remains as well as sculptural fragments'. One such site is the village Satpatta which lies south of the P.S. headquarter of Raipur. It can be reached along a country road about 3 km. long, running east from Mandalkuli on the Raipur-Silda road. In the centre of the village is a ruined temple and a modern temple was constructed in front of the ruined structure. This modern temple contains some remarkable Jaina sculptural remains which were originally found from the ruined temple complex. These Jaina sculptural remains suggest that the site had some earlier association with the Jaina ideology. Incidentally a substantial section of the present day population of the village is represented by the Jaina ‘Sarāk' community. The present paper aims to highlight the Jaina antecedence of the region comprising the Kumāri-Kansāvati river valleys with special reference to the Jaina antiquities found from Satpatta. Satpatta has been chosen as the present study area because of the large number of icons, besides, a ruined temple, found from this village itself. Ambikanagar, Chiada,
1. Associate Professor Department of Archaeology University of Calcutta. 2. Assistant Professor Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture
University of Calcutta. 3&4.Research Fellow, Department of Archeeology University of Calcutta.
1.
Chattopadhyay, R.K., Bankura: A Study of its Archaeological Sources, Kolkata, 2010; Chattopadhyay, R.K., D. Acharya and S. Majumder., 'Archaeological Sequence of the Kumari - Kansavati Valley, District of Bankura, West Bengal: An Appraisal, Puratattva - 40, 2010, pp. 71-93.