Remains of a Jain Temple, Pasrur

Material Information

Title:
Remains of a Jain Temple, Pasrur
Series Title:
Jaina Heritage in Pakistan = پاکستان میں جین مت
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Notes

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This project was carried out in collaboration by principal investigator Dr Peter Flügel of the Centre of Jaina Studies (SOAS) with a research team of the Nusrat Jahan College (NJC) in Rabwah coordinated by Dr Mirza Naseer Ahmad, comprisng Mr Muzaffar Ahmad (research officer ), Mr Asif Mahmood Rana (photographs and data collections), Mr Naeem Ahmad (maps), Mrs Tahira Siddiqa (maps), Mr Abdul Khaliq (design), Mr Umar Hanan (editing), with additional help of local historians of Jainism in North India, Ravinder Jain and Purushottam Jain.
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Credits: Dr Peter Flügel (principal investigator and lead collaborator), Dr Tahira Saeed, Deputy Director (BPS-18) National Archives of Pakistan, Islamabad (co-investigator), Dr Mirza Naseer Ahmad, Deputy Director Nazarat Taleem and HoD Earth Sciences Department, Nusrat Jahan College (NJC) (collaborator and project manager), Mr Muzaffar Ahmad (NJC) (research officer), Mr Asif Mahmood Rana (NJC) (photographs and data collection), Mr Naeem Ahmad, Mrs Tahira Siddiqa (all NJC) (maps), Mr Abdul Khaliq (NJC) (designing), Mr Umar Hanan (NJC) (editing), Mr Ahtesham Aziz Chaudhary, Research Officer at Lahore Museum (collaborator), Mr Ravinder Jain, Maler Kotla (collaborator), Mr Purushottam Jain, Mandi Gobindgarh (collaborator), Dr Sādhvī Arcanā (collaborator).
General Note:
For more information about Jaina Heritage in Pakistan, see: Flügel, Peter and Ahmad, Muzaffar (2018) 'An Exploratory Survey of the Jaina Heritage in Pakistan.' Jaina Studies - Newsletter of the Centre of Jaina Studies, 13. pp. 26-32. (article last referenced online at https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/25638/)
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Photograph dated 2016.05.26
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Location: Pasrur City, Sialkot
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Observations: the site is demolished
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Condition: no inscription or any other remains found
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Photographs include: Khazanchand (now Muslim shrine); Jain Street (Syalkot, Pasrur only, everywhere else Bhabra Srtreet, etc.); 2 Sthanaks of Panjab Sampraday; Girl School, ages 1-8; Girl School, ages 8-10; Ludhiana MK Rawalpindi Pasrur girl schools; Samadhis in the Cantonment: Dharmadas still existing (Ludhian, Meerut, Dilli – Duggar group); Nemchand Samadhi destroyed; 2 temples in the Cantonment; Arya Samaj gurukul (mixed modern education); Murtipujak; and Gujranwala, Ambala, Kasur gurukul for boys Vallabh
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Local Behaviour: normal

Record Information

Source Institution:
Nusrat Jahan College, Rabwah
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
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