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Chausa hoard

Chausa hoard

Set of Jain sculptures

This was the first known bronze hoard discovered in the Gangetic valley and consists of a set of 18 Jain bronzes.[1] The Chausa hoard, thus named after the place of discovery: Chausa or Chausagarh is located in the Buxar district of Bihar state, India.

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History

This was the first known bronze hoard discovered in the Gangetic valley and consists of a set of 18 Jain bronzes.[2] The oldest of such bronzes to be found in India, experts date them between the Shunga and the Gupta period, (from 2nd, or possibly the 1st century BC,[3] to the 6th Century AD).

Patrick Krueger in his classification of Jain bronzes, regards them to be early type, characterized by portrayal of a single Tirthankara without a parikara.[4]

Major Idols

The hoard includes a Dharmachakra showing Dharmachakra supported by two yakshis supported by makaras; a kalpavriksha and sixteen tirthankaras.[5] Among the tirthankaras, those of Rishabha are easily identified by the locks of hair.[6] The bronzes currently reside in the Patna museum.

Other well-known hoards of Jain bronzes include Akota Bronzes, found in Gujarat; Vasantgarh hoard, found in Vasantgarh; Hansi hoard, found in Haryana; and Aluara bronzes, found in Bihar.

  • Rishabhadeva, Bronze from Chausa, Bihar

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Framing the Jina : Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History: Narratives ... By John Cort, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 42
  2. [2]
    Framing the Jina : Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History: Narratives ... By John Cort, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 42
  3. [3]
    Pal, 151
  4. [4]
    Patrick Krueger, Classification of Jaina Bronzes from Western India, CoJS Newsletter, March 2011, Issue 639
  5. [5]
    Jaina Iconography By Umakant Premanand Shah, Abhinav Publications, 1987
  6. [6]
    Indian bronze masterpieces: the great tradition : specially published for the Festival of India, Karl J. Khandalavala, Asharani Mathur, Sonya Singh, p.56

References

  • Huntington, Susan; The art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain
  • Pal, Pratapaditya (1986). Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 B.C.-A.D. 700. Indian Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Vol. 1. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520059917.
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