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CHAPTER XLI. JAIN ART AND ARCHITECTURE. Jein Symbolism-Arts and Architecture --Stage of Development along its own lines-Difference between the Jain and Buddhist Arts-Jain Paintings - Ito Place in the Ancient Art Gallery of India and Influence over the Community,
Alike its philosophy Jain symbolism has its own peculiarities. A translation, of ideas on some visible substance with the object of permanency is the first principle of all arts and architecture. Mr. Balabhai truly says in his article on Jain Architecture "that Architecture is nothing but a kind of history; that it is a standing and living record and it supplies us a more vivid and lasting picture of a nation than History does." In a chapter on “Jain Architecture and Literature” of a recently published book "The Heart of Jainism", the author says "The earliest Jain Architects seem to have used wood as their chief building material". We think this theory is not based on facts and cannot be maintained
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