Maksi

Maksi lies on the Malwa plateau of central India, amid cultivated country and routes linking regional centres. It is also a Jain pilgrimage centre, with temples that connect the town to religious communities beyond the surrounding fields and markets.

The larger Jain temple is dedicated to Parshvanatha. The complex includes forty-two images installed by Jivaraj Papriwal in 1491. An inscription dated 1725 records a gathering at Ujjain to discuss repairs to the temple, showing how its upkeep involved a community beyond Maksi itself. In the wider region, Malwa passed from its sultanate to Mughal rule and later came under expanding Maratha influence.