Conclusion

An attempt in the above has been made to summarize, as systematically a possible, available archaeological data relevant for the study of the Jain remains of ancient Bengal by presenting the distributions of sites and settlements. All the sites and settlements of the study area have been identified on the basis of occurrences of architectural ruins or extant temples as well as the stay occurrences of Jain images. Above mentioned archaeological sites and settlements provide enough information i.e. Jainism was strongly survived in the Rāḍha region of the study area and other areas of the ancient Bengal were also influenced with its religious ideologies. In the following chapter we have briefly discussed about the various contexts of the Jain antiquities.