Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal
by Shubha Majumder | 2017 | 147,217 words
This page relates ‘Archaeological sites in Dolgaon (Dakshin Dinajpur 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 Dolgaon (Dakshin Dinajpur District)
166. Dolgaon:
Dolgaon village is located about 7 kms north-west of Harirampur (district Dakshin Dinajpur) and 22 kms east of Itahar. Kalyan Kumar Ganguli, in one of his articles, (1984: 184) mentioned that a Jain caumukha, presently displayed in the Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, Calcutta University, was actually discovered from this village. However, during our present survey we failed to trace any other archaeological remains from this site.
One image of Yakṣī Ambikā is displayed in the North Bengal University Museum which was recovered from North Bengal area, however, the exact location is not known.