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This was the first known [[bronze]] hoard discovered in the Gangetic valley and consists of a set of 18 [[Jain]] bronzes.<ref>Framing the Jina : Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History: Narratives ... By John Cort, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 42</ref><br />
The '''Chausa hoard''', thus named after the place of discovery: [[Chausa]] or Chausagarh is located in the [[Buxar district]] of [[Bihar]] state, India.<br />
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== History ==<br />
This was the first known [[bronze]] hoard discovered in the Gangetic valley and consists of a set of 18 [[Jain]] bronzes.<ref>Framing the Jina : Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History: Narratives ... By John Cort, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 42</ref> The oldest of such bronzes to be found in India, experts date them between the [[Shunga Empire|Shunga]] and the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] period, (from 2nd, or possibly the 1st century BC,<ref>Pal, 151</ref> to the 6th Century AD).<br />
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Patrick Krueger in his classification of Jain bronzes, regards them to be early type, characterized by portrayal of a single Tirthankara without a parikara.<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/7971650/Classification_of_Jaina_Bronzes_from_Western_India Patrick Krueger, Classification of Jaina Bronzes from Western India, CoJS Newsletter, March 2011, Issue 639]</ref><br />
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== Major Idols ==<br />
The hoard includes a [[Dharmachakra]] showing Dharmachakra supported by two [[yakshi]]s supported by [[makara (Hindu mythology)|makaras]]; a [[kalpavriksha]] and sixteen [[tirthankara]]s.<ref>Jaina Iconography<br />
By Umakant Premanand Shah, Abhinav Publications, 1987</ref> Among the tirthankaras, those of [[Lord Rishabha|Rishabha]] are easily identified by the locks of hair.<ref>Indian bronze masterpieces: the great tradition : specially published for the Festival of India, Karl J. Khandalavala, Asharani Mathur, Sonya Singh, p.56</ref> The bronzes currently reside in the [[Patna Museum|Patna museum]].<br />
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Other well-known hoards of Jain bronzes include [[Akota Bronzes]], found in [[Gujarat]]; [[Vasantgarh hoard]], found in [[Vasantgarh]]; [[Hansi hoard]], found in [[Haryana]]; and [[Aluara bronzes]], found in [[Bihar]].<br />
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File:Rishabhadeva, Bronze from Chausa, Bihar, dating from 7th century A.D. 37644.jpg|Rishabhadeva, Bronze from Chausa, Bihar<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Jainism]]<br />
* [[Tirthankara]]<br />
* [[Jain Sculpture]]<br />
* [[Indian art]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* Huntington, Susan; The art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain<br />
*Pal, Pratapaditya, ''Indian Sculpture: Circa 500 B.C.-A.D. 700'', Volume 1 of ''Indian Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection'', 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art/University of California Press, {{ISBN|0520059913}}, 9780520059917, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=clUmKaWRFTkC&pg=PA151 google books]<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/0100_0199/kushanart/buddhapada/buddhapada.html Buddhapada]<br />
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