Which one of the following dynasties never patronized Jainism ?

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Chola was the dynasty that never patronized Jainism.

Key PointsChola Dynasty

Cholas were the adherents of Hinduism.
Throughout their history, they were not swayed by the rise of Buddhism and Jainism as were the kings of the Pallava and Pandya dynasties.
While the Cholas did build their largest and most important temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, it can be by no means concluded that either they were the followers of Saivism only and that Saivism was the state religion during their rule.
The second Chola king Aditya I himself built quite a few temples for Siva and for Lord Vishnu around CE 890 and issued an inscriptional dictat pronouncing that the great temples of Siva and the Ranganatha temple at Srirangam to be the 'Kuladhanam' of the Chola emperors
. Another proof of this is the existence of as many as 40 Vaishnava Divyadesams out of 108 such temples in the Chola country, which are functioning and flourishing even today.
Rajaraja Chola I patronized Buddhists and provided for constructing the Buddhist monastery in Nagapattinam.

Hence, the correct answer is Chola

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