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EAST INDIA
During the period Jaina religion and art found an important centre also in the District of Singhbbum, as is evident from certain existing relics of Benisagar, ascribed by Beglar to the seventh century. The relics of Benisagar should however be subjected to a fresh enquiry.
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ASSAM
Jainism seems to have feebly penetrated into Assam during the medieval period, leaving only very few vestiges. The Jaina images in relief inside caves (plate 92B), at Surajpahar, District Goalpara, are, however, interesting in this regard.
P. BANERJEE
1 J.D. Beglar, Archaeological Survey of India Reports, XIII, Calcutta, 1882, pp. 69-71. [When the present editor visited Benisagar in 1937, he found only a few Brahmanical sculptures. -Editor.]
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