Akota Bronzes

None of the images date after 1100 AD, suggesting that they were buried for safeguarding from the invasion of Gujarat by Alp Khan, a general of Alauddin Khalji.

[4] Two images of Jivantasvami, (representation of Mahavira who was still a prince), are widely mentioned examples of the early western Indian school of art.

One of them is specifically inscribed as Jivantasvami installed by Nagisvari, which represents early phase of the Gupta style.

An image inscribed as donated by Sadhu Sarvadeva include eight standing figures representing the eight planets, on both sides of the dharmachakra.

A Chamardharini (Chaurie Bearer) stands in tribhanga pose on a carefully carved lotus pedestal.

7th-century Tirthankar image, Akota, at Honolulu Academy of Arts