Kankali Tila

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Kankali Tila is an important archaeological mound in Mathura, India, renowned for yielding major Jain and early Mathura school of art sculptures and inscriptions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological mound ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
artStyle Mathura school of art ⓘ
associatedWithCommunity Digambara Jains ⓘ
Śvetāmbara Jains ⓘ
linked to: Svetambara
associatedWithReligion Jainism ⓘ
contributedToStudyOf development of Mathura school of sculpture ⓘ
early Jain iconography ⓘ
social and religious history of ancient Mathura ⓘ
country India ⓘ
excavatedBy Alexander Cunningham ⓘ
F. O. Oertel ⓘ
excavationStartYear 1871 ⓘ
1872 ⓘ
1888 ⓘ
1889 ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceFromPeriod Gupta period ⓘ
linked to: Gupta Empire

Kushan period ⓘ
linked to: Kushan Empire

early centuries CE ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Jain heritage in North India ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf Jain monastic establishments ⓘ
Jain stupas ⓘ
Jain temples ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage Prakrit ⓘ
inscriptionsScript Brahmi script ⓘ
knownFor Jain inscriptions ⓘ
Jain sculptures ⓘ
early Mathura school of art sculptures ⓘ
early stone and terracotta images ⓘ
locatedIn Mathura ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedOn right bank of the Yamuna River ⓘ
managedBy Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
nearbyCity Mathura ⓘ
partOf Mathura archaeological region ⓘ
linked to: Mathura
region Braj region ⓘ
yieldsTypeOfArtifact Jain ayagapatas ⓘ
Jain votive tablets ⓘ
architectural fragments ⓘ
donative inscriptions ⓘ
image pedestals ⓘ
inscribed pillars ⓘ

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