Jain History Challenge

Identifying Jain Saints

Statues of Naked Saints

The initial amusement apart, this illustrates a common problem historians face while documenting the history of India. The monuments and inscriptions must be cross matched with literature and arts of the same period, or in historical books written several generations later.

See Also:

• Challenges of tracing Indian History

• Jain Monuments of Karnataka

• Jainism Potpourri

• The Mahales of Honavar -- A junked copper inscription reveals the genealogy of a once prominent family and explains the root of a local tradition.