Jaina, Religion and Art

The book attempts to give a diachronic account of Jaina Religion and Art in ancient Orissa, which ranks high among the rich sub-cultural zones of the Indian sub-continent. For reasons which defy rational explanation, Orissa has remained for long and still remains, a relatively neglected area in historical researches on Ancient India. In recent year a welcome awareness is seen to offer a corrective to this situation, and the present work is a modest attempt arising out of that awareness.