Jainism

The excavations made at Mohenjodaro and Harappa show that Jainism existed five thousand years ago because the pose of the standing deities on the Indus seals resembles the pose of the standing image of Rushabha obtained from Mathura. The feeling of abandonment that characterizes the standing figure of the Indus seals, three to five (Plate II, I G.N.) with a bull in the foreground may be the prototype of Rishabha.  (Modern review Agust 1932 - Sindha Five Thousand Years Ago). Rishabha has been spoken of as Yogishwara by the poet Jinasena in his Mahapurana. Therefore, the Indus valley excavated material glaringly establishes the fact that the founder of Jainism belonged to the pre-Vedic period. The nude Jain idol of 320B. C., in Patna Museum, of Lohanipur helps us to support the above contention.