Jain & Buddhist Arts & Lterature



  • Buddhist
    • Stupas - Amaravati, Sanchi, Barhut, Saranath and Gaya
    • Viharas or monasteries- Ajanta, Ellora. Nasik, Karle, Kanheri, Bagh and Badami.
    • Chaitya hall or Chaitya mandir
    • Mural Painting of Ajanta
    • Sthambas/ Pillars belonging to Mauryan times and later at Sanchi, Sarnath, Amaravati and Nagarjunkonda. 
  • Jaininsm 
    • rock-cut caves & temples in Mathura, Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa cave temples
    • Udaigiri and Khandagiri, twin hills in Puri & Ellora
    • Dilwara Temple complex of five ornately carved marble temples
    • Bahubali called Gomatesvara at Sravan Belgola and Karkal in Karnataka 
    • Bahubali 21 metered high, carved out of a mass of granite was erected in 984 A.D.


Literature 

Buddhist
  • Intellectual revolution in 6th cen BC
  • Slavery was recognized
  • Pro-urban life
  • Does not believe in equality of women

  • Canonical
    • Age of Buddha
    • 3 Pitakas- Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka
  • Non-canonical
    • Past of Buddha
    • Jataks
    • Pali language
    • Milind- Panho by Nagasen
Jains
12 Angas
  • Prakrit Language
Other literature
  • Pandavapurana was written by Shubhachandra.
  • Harivamsapurana was written by Jinasena.
  • Ardhakathanaka, by Banarasidasa, is the first autobiography in Braj Bhasha
  • Shauraseni, which led to the development of languages such as Gujarati, Marwari

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