History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s8.29

v2.c24.s8.29

At Bhangarh, for instance, in the south of the Alwar territory, there are some very beautiful temples in style resembling the Jaina.² One in that neighbourhood photographed by Captain Impey, may belong to the 10th or 11th century, and is as beautiful as any of its class, either at Khajurâho or elsewhere, and near it again is a colossal Jaina image, called Nan Gûngi, some 20 ft. in height, which is apparently of the same age as the temples, and consequently anterior to any of the colossi at Gwâliar or in the south of India.³ The Jain sect are numerous in Rajputana, and though some of their temples have long been neglected and fallen into decay, some of them, being of the best age and unrestored, are of extreme interest to the investigator of Indian art.