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Debala Mitra. Some Jaina Antiquities from Bankura, West Bengal. (JAS-letters, Vol. XXIV, No. 2, 1958, Pp. 131--134 with 10 plates).
Jaina relics in the district of Bankura--the area was a stronghold of the Digambara sect thesc mediaeval Jaina remains will be submerged when the Kangsa bati Dam Project will be completed. Ambikānagar (in Ranibadh P. S.), Ambikā temple with Ambikā image; Saiva temple originally Jain (dedicated to Rishabhanātha-description given-Chitgiri (opposite to Ambikānagar) desolated Jain temple with an image of Sāntinātha. Barkala (2 miles east of Ambikānagar) a Jain temple in ruins with images of Ambikā, Ajitanātha, (Suvidhinātha), Chandraprabha, Santinātha, Rishabhanātha, Pārsvanatha etc. fully described. Pāreshnath (2 miles north-west of Ambikānagar) red sandstone shrine, Pārsvanātha (6"-81") description given.
Chiada (opposite to Pāreshnāth)-Tirthankara figure (11}'). Kendua | a mile from Kendua) once blomishing Jain establishment Pärsvanātha templedescription given.
Plates showing lain temples, miniature shrines, Jain Tirthankaras and fragments of Jain images.
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KRISHNA DEVA. The temples of Khajuraho in Central India. (Ancient India No. 15, 1959, New Delhi).
P. 43. Khajuraho, situated in Chhatrapur District of Madhya Pradesh, The tract round Khajuraho was known during ancient times as Vatsa, in mediaeval times as Jejābhukti or Jejakabhukti, and since the 14th century as Bundelkhand.
P. 44. Under the patronage of the Chandella princes, Jejakabhukti was blessed with prosperity and was swept between the 10th and 12th centuries by a cultural upheaval. Khajurāho (ancient Kharjjuravāhaka) the capital town was adorned by the Chandellas with lofty temples.
P. 45. During the reign of Dhanrga (c. 950-1002), the Pārsvanātha temple was built by one Pahila, who was 'honoured by King Dhanga.'
P. 46. All temples of Khajurāho pertain to a cognate style and are manifestations of a distinctive and cencerted architectural movement; inspite of divergent sectarian affiliations, the dominant architectural and sculptural schemes are uniformly homogeneous, so much so that, save for a few distinctive cult-images
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