A Jain bronze altar-piece from India in Razgrad History Museum, Bulgaria

The Jain bronze altar-piece identified so far as Buddha or as Anantanātha now in Razgrad Museum (Bulgaria) shows the strands of hair typical for the Jina Ṛṣabhanātha, hanging down behind his ears onto the shoulders. Ṛṣabha’s symbol, the bull, also appears оn the front of the pedestal. For the authors the anthropomorphic elaboration of the grahas suggests that the bronze was produced in the 9th or 10th c. AD. This article discussed an artefact that accidentally ended up in Bulgaria, which is no way connected with the cultural and religious traditions of the region, neither at the time it was produced, nor after.