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Shobhnath Jain temple remains, Shravasti
Excavation records ruined Jain shrines and fragmentary images; the historical attribution rests partly on a later ballad.
Maheth / Shravasti · Uttar Pradesh
Archaeological remains
As documented: 2026-09-28Approximate locality
27.5149°, 82.0429° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
- The named ruler, exact date and extent of each phase of damage are unresolved. The later tomb’s collapse around 1900 is a separate event and is not counted as medieval temple destruction.
- Access date is not a field inspection. This selected chronology is not a complete list of all episodes.
- Underlying bibliography is available with access status; independent specialist review remains outstanding.
AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.
The recorded chronology
Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.
- Damage · unknown causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
Medieval destruction attribution · date unresolved
The ASI report describes ruined Jain temple platforms and broken sculpture. It attributes the loss of the last Jain shrine to conquering forces, citing stanza 18 of a ballad recorded by Hoey.
eventAttributed · further checking neededThe ASI report describes ruined Jain temple platforms and broken sculpture. It attributes the loss of the last Jain shrine to conquering forces, citing stanza 18 of a ballad recorded by Hoey.
The physical remains and the explanation of their loss have different evidentiary bases. No individual ruler is established.
- ASI Annual Report 1907–08: Excavations at Saheth-Maheth ↗Archaeological Survey of India · Printed pp. 113–116, especially p. 114 · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateUnknownMedieval destruction attribution · date unresolved
Exact dating remains unresolved.
- ASI Annual Report 1907–08: Excavations at Saheth-Maheth ↗Archaeological Survey of India · Printed pp. 113–116, especially p. 114 · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorUnknownNamed destroyer unknown. The report attributes the loss broadly to Muslim conquerors, using a later ballad; this review does not establish an individual, army or date.
Cause and responsibility must not be inferred from a ruin alone.
- ASI Annual Report 1907–08: Excavations at Saheth-Maheth ↗Archaeological Survey of India · Printed p. 114 · Accessed 2026-09-28
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Shobhnath Jain temple remains, Shravasti — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
The consulted account describes archaeological remains.
- Shobhnath Jain temple remains, Shravasti — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Source context
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References are discovery leads unless marked as consulted.
- ASI Annual Report 1907–08: Excavations at Saheth-Maheth ↗ · Archaeological Survey of India
Printed pp. 113–116, Sobhnath section. Original OCR consulted. The conquest attribution on p. 114 cites a ballad recorded by Hoey; the report is not contemporary testimony to the attack.
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Article consulted for identity, location and stated condition; retrieval method: Firecrawl rendering of public Wikipedia. Captured bibliography entries are not all read.
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