Explain the spread of Jainism in different parts of India. From where were the earliest stone sculptures produced?

Explain the spread of Jainism in different parts of India. From where

1.	Explain the spread of Jainism in different parts of India. From where were the earliest stone sculptures produced?
Answer» SOLUTION :(i) Jainism spread to many PARTS of India . Like the Buddhists, Jaina scholars produced a wealth of literature in a variety of language –Prakrti, Sanskrit and TAMIL. (II) For centuries , manuscripts of these texts were carefully preserved in libraries attached to temples. (iii) Some of the earliest stone sculptures associated with religion traditions were produced by devotees of the Jaina tirthankaras. (iv) The stone sculptures have been recovered from several SITES throughout the subcontinent.