Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal
by Shubha Majumder | 2017 | 147,217 words
This page relates ‘Archaeological sites in Hukrahat (Murshidabad District )’ of the study on the Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal based on the fields of Geography, Archaeology, Art and Iconography. Jainism represents a way of life incorporating non-violence and approaches religion from humanitarian viewpoint. Ancient Bengal comprises modern West Bengal and the Republic of Bangladesh, Eastern India. Here, Jainism was allowed to flourish from the pre-Christian times up until the 10th century CE, along with Buddhism.
Archaeological sites in Hukrahat (Murshidabad District )
157. Hukrahat:
The site falls within the juricdiction of Sagardighi police station. During our exploration in and around the village we documented some architectural remains scattered here and there and some low structural mounds. At the southern part of this village, there is a place of local worship known as Sasthitala where some sculptural remains are kept and regularly worshiped by the villagers. Among these sculptural remains a damaged Tīrthaṅkara image in dhyānasana is noticeable. This is an exampla of early specimens of Tīrthaṅkara images in Benagl which bear artistic similarity with Rajgir Jain images.