Home›Sources›Vincent A. Smith, The Jain Stupa and Other Antiquities of Mathura (Archaeological Survey of India, 1901)SourcesVincent A. Smith, The Jain Stupa and Other Antiquities of Mathura (Archaeological Survey of India, 1901)Archaeological Survey of IndiaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Vincent A. Smith, The Jain Stupa and Other Antiquities of Mathura (Archaeological Survey of India, 1901)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/smith-jain-stupa-other-antiquities-mathura-asi-1901.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Vincent A. Smith, The Jain Stupa and Other Antiquities of Mathura (Archaeological Survey of India, 1901). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/smith-jain-stupa-other-antiquities-mathura-asi-1901Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-vincent-a-smith-the-jain-stupa-and-other, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Vincent A. Smith, The Jain Stupa and Other Antiquities of Mathura (Archaeological Survey of India, 1901)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/smith-jain-stupa-other-antiquities-mathura-asi-1901}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXVincent A. Smith's Archaeological Survey of India catalog records the Jain stupa, sculptures and donative inscriptions recovered from the Kankali Tila mound at Mathura, including inscriptions dated to the fifth and seventh regnal years of the Kushan emperor Kanishka, among them the gift of an image of Vardhamana, Mahavira's given name, made by a laywoman named as the companion of a donor called Sethiniha, the earliest of the mound's inscriptions historians can attach to a specific regnal year rather than to legend.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (18 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A national archaeological survey's own catalog of the excavated material, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable institutional archaeological publications, used here for the Kankali Tila inscriptions' regnal dating and donor record, corroborated by Paul Dundas's academic history of Jainism, already live on the map, on the sparseness of firmly dated evidence from this period.NotesWell-attestedUsed for the Kankali Tila donative inscriptions dated to Kanishka's fifth and seventh regnal years and their donor record.CitationAuthorWell-attestedVincent A. SmithPublisherWell-attestedArchaeological Survey of India (New Imperial Series)Source TypeWell-attestedGovernment reportCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithMathura, Cities Well-attested This source names Mathura directly: "from the Kankali Tila mound at Mathura, including inscriptions dated to the fifth and seventh regnal years of the Kushan emperor Kanishka, among them the gift of an image of Vardhamana, Mahavira's..."Source Vincent A. Smith, The Jain Stupa and Other Antiquities of Mathura (Archaeological Survey of India, 1901)Vincent A. Smithtier 1Mathura, Sacred Sites Well-attested This source names Mathura directly: "from the Kankali Tila mound at Mathura, including inscriptions dated to the fifth and seventh regnal years of the Kushan emperor Kanishka, among them the gift of an image of Vardhamana, Mahavira's..."Source Vincent A. Smith, The Jain Stupa and Other Antiquities of Mathura (Archaeological Survey of India, 1901)Vincent A. Smithtier 1Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSpread Events, 10 claims: 3 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.Well-attested9SourcesVincent A. Smith, The Jain Stupa and Other Antiquities of Mathura (Archaeological Survey of India, 1901)Spread EventsKushan-Era Inscriptions at Mathura Date Jainism's Earliest Named CommunityHolds8SourcesVincent A. Smith, The Jain Stupa and Other Antiquities of Mathura (Archaeological Survey of India, 1901)Spread EventsKushan-Era Inscriptions at Mathura Date Jainism's Earliest Named CommunityGeneral References1Spread EventsKushan-Era Inscriptions at Mathura Date Jainism's Earliest Named CommunityComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year