Assistant Professor,
Bhagwan Shitalnath Chair for Jain Archaeology,
Department of AIHC and Archaeology,
Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University), Pune.
Phone: 09420347982
Address: Sai Nagar, Arvi, District Wardha.
Bhagwan Shitalnath Chair for Jain Archaeology,
Department of AIHC and Archaeology,
Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University), Pune.
Phone: 09420347982
Address: Sai Nagar, Arvi, District Wardha.
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Papers by Oshin P Bamb
mid-nineteenth century till the last two decades of the twentieth
century, more emphasis and focus was given to document the Jain
archaeological remains and material culture of Jainism since the
previous two decades of the twentieth century onwards, the trends
in exploring the historical narrative of Jainism have been shifted to
more contextual and analytical study of Jain archaeological remains
as well as the material culture of Jainism to locate these remains
in a wider religio-cultural and politico-economical contexts of the
past. Textual sources are being re-examined through archaeological
and historical methodologies. Recent trends in understanding
the religious history with special reference to sacred landscape, archaeology
of religion, monasticism, mortuary practices of monastic
community and laity, social rules of religious centres, archaeology
of rituals and rites, symbolic and structural approaches to religious
architecture, water management, trade and religious centres, etc.,
require to be studied in the context of archaeology of Jainism and history of Jainism.
of the history of early Jainism, with special reference to ‘Text’ and
‘Inscription’, and to examine further the early epigraphic records
from the Jain caves of the Western Deccan. The article discusses
how the accidental discovery of the Pale Jain inscription in the late
1960s, along with the discovery of the Lohagadwadi Jain inscription
during a systematic survey of the Lohagadwadi caves, has altered
the narrative of the dissemination of early Jainism and Jain monasticism
in the Western Deccan.
although in a completely changed identity, context and nature of worship. To understand these dynamics of the changing nature of the site and images, although with the continuity of their core nature as sacred objects, the present paper deals with the case study of the Jain images kept at Khamtalav Shitala Mata Temple and Kumbhali Durgabai Doh Temple, District Bhandara, Maharashtra, where local narratives have been woven to incorporate these Jain images as characters of the stories associated with the main deity of these present newly built temples.
megalithic settlement. The site is under threat of being lost forever and this paper
is an attempt to raise awareness for the protection of such heritages, scattered
especially in the rural areas. Due mention of the local understanding and
perception of the monument has been taken into consideration too. A preliminary
documentation of the landscape, megalithic burials, habitation mound, oral
history and memories of the locals has been attempted in this paper.
Books by Oshin P Bamb
Editor: Shrikant Ganvir, Associate Editor: Oshin Bamb
Assistant Editors: Dhananjay Khandare and Gurvendra Kushawaha
Publishers: Kaveri Books, New Delhi and Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune