This was the first known bronze hoard discovered in the Gangetic valley and consists of a set of 18 Jain bronzes.[1]
The Chausa hoard, thus named after the place of discovery: Chausa or Chausagarh is located in the Buxar district of Bihar state, India.
History
This was the first known bronze hoard discovered in the Gangetic valley and consists of a set of 18 Jain bronzes.[2] The oldest of such bronzes to be found in India, experts date them between the Shunga and the Gupta period, (from 2nd, or possibly the 1st century BC,[3] to the 6th Century AD).
Patrick Krueger in his classification of Jain bronzes, regards them to be early type, characterized by portrayal of a single Tirthankara without a parikara.[4]
^Jaina Iconography
By Umakant Premanand Shah, Abhinav Publications, 1987
^Indian bronze masterpieces: the great tradition : specially published for the Festival of India, Karl J. Khandalavala, Asharani Mathur, Sonya Singh, p.56
References
Huntington, Susan; The art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain