alleryExcavations at which Mathura site revealed an early Jain centre?
ALothal
BKankali Tila
CSarnath
DSanchi
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Kankali Tila
1. Excavations at Kankali Tila in Mathura yielded Jain stupas, statues and votive tablets.
2. These date from the 2nd century BCE to the 2nd century CE.
3. Sarnath and Sanchi are Buddhist sites and Lothal is a Harappan port.
_Source: Wikipedia, Jainism, Epigraphic and archaeological evidence_
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