Kalaha Preaches to King Sahr / Mahavira’s Departure with Indra / Adoration of a Tirthankara, c. 1500, 4 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. ( x cm), Opaque watercolors and gold on paper, India, 15th-16th century, The Kalpasutra (Book of Ritual) is a major canonical text that provides an extended biography of Mahavira, the founder of Jainism. It is the principal text of the Svetambara Jains, rulers of the Gujarat state in western India and committed art patrons. Because the commissioning of a Jain text for a temple library was deemed an act of religious merit

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