I linked this slide show in my twitter feed on Friday, but thought I would make a quick mention of this here. It describes the approximately 1,000 year old Jain temples on Shatrunjay Hill in Gujarat, which I had not heard of before. With historical antecedents dating shortly before the emergence of Buddhism (though its mythology argues for considerably older antecedents), Jainism was one of the faiths that arose in the intellectual tumult in India around 700-600 B.C and during the so called Axial Age. As the article notes, the prosperity of the practitioners of the austere faith has contributed to the beautiful and elaborate temples pictured in the slide show. The date of the temples noted in the slide show also roughly corresponds to the date of the Jain component of the majestic Ellora Caves (which I have been fortunate enough to visit).
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