History · From State to Empire
UGC NET September 2013 History
Point out which one of the following sites has yielded the remains of a Jaina stupa.
ASanchi
BDhamnar
CNalanda
DMathura ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Mathura — Mathura has yielded the remains of a Jaina stupa, so the answer is Mathura.
Explanation
★Mathura has yielded the remains of a Jaina stupa, so the answer is Mathura.
★A Jaina stupa was a mound built by the Jains for devotional purposes.
★A Jaina stupa dated to about the first century BCE was excavated at Mathura.
★Jaina legends say that five such stupas were once built at Mathura.
★Mathura was a great centre of both Jaina and Buddhist art.
★Its red sandstone sculptures are famous in early Indian art.
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