In 1992, a hoard of eighty-seven Jain bronzes was unearthed by a farmer while ploughing a field in Bhopawar village in Sardarpur tehsil of Dhar district. These were acquired under the Indian Treasure Trove Act, 1878, and displayed in the State Museum, Bhopal. The bronzes date to the 10 - 11' centuries and recall a glorious age of pilgrimages and temple building actively organized by the great Jaina Gachhas under the benevolent care and encouragement of the Paramara rulers of Malwa. Shaivites by faith, eclectic by inclination, the Paramara rulers are often gratefully acknowledged in the inscriptions of Jain temples of Bhojpur, Gyaraspur, Un, Dhar and Mandu from the 10 to the 13· centuries.

The collection of eighty-seven bronzes is unique in that images of the twenty-four Tirthankaras from Lord Adinatha to Lord Mahavira are sequentially complete and largely intact. The collection includes a unique image of Surya, a beautiful dancing Balgopal, Mother Goddess, Yakshas and Yakshinis, Gomdha-Ambika, Padmavati and Saraswati.

Small and yet monumental, the images are executed with consummate skill by the lost-wax technique, with the meticulous attention to minutely sculpted detail in the parikaras and simhasanas, as also to the volumetric effect and curvilinear rhythm, characteristic of Paramara sculptures of this period.
Apart from this hoard some more materials are on display. These bronzes have been procured from Gwalior, Indore and Dhubela Museums. The antiquarian remains prove the richness of Bronzes in Central India.