Dr. Janice Leoshko
Friday, 7th March 2008
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theater
Jaina Art & Architecture
10th Jaina Studies Workshop at SOAS
Lecture: "Defining Jain Elements at Udayagiri-Khaṇḍagiri, Orissa", Dr. Janice Leoshko, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas
Dr. Janice Leoshko
Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas
Defining Jain Elements at Udayagiri-Khaṇḍagiri, Orissa
Abstract:
Udayagiri-Khandagiri in Orissa is well known for its long-enduring religious activity. The Jain temple at the top of Khaṇḍagiri was noted in the early nineteenth century as only recently built while the various reliefs found throughout the site date as early as second century BCE. Its identity as a Jain site, however, means that it has not been fully studied in terms of the surviving artistic evidence. This paper considers this evidence and what it might reveal about Jain religious practice.
Sorry, due to our timetable, we had to leave the session after
some minutes
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