Articles on Tirthankara Adinatha Sculpture
Mohenjo-Daro: Jaina Tradition and Evidence
By Acarya Vidyanandi · Jinamanjari, 1996
This article by Acarya Vidyanandi builds a strong argument that many spiritual, cultural, and iconographic features of the Indus Valley Civilization—especially those found at Mohenjo-Daro—are closely aligned with the Jaina tradition. The author contends that…
Harappa and Jainism
By Thillaisthanam Natarajan Ramachandran · Jinamanjari, 1996
This article explores the possible connections between Jainism and the ancient Harappan (Indus Valley) civilization. T.N. Ramachandran argues that there are substantial philosophical, symbolic, and artistic continuities between Harappan culture and Jain…
An Unpublished Image of Adinatha in Bharat Kala Bhavan
By Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1972
Marutinandan Prasad Tiwari describes a previously unpublished twelfth‑century sandstone sculpture of Tīrthaṅkara Ādinātha (Ṛṣabhanātha) housed in the Bharat Kala Bhavan museum at Varanasi. Labelled sculpture No. 22073 and originally from Khajuraho, the piece…