A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s9.5

c13.s9.5

The biggest, that at Sravana Belgola, stands about 56½ feet in height, with a width of 13 feet across the hips, and is cut out of a solid block of gneiss, apparently wrought *in situ*. That at Kārkala, of the same material, but some 15 feet less in height, is estimated to weigh 80 tons. The smallest of the giants, that at Yenūr, is 35 feet high. The three images are almost identical, but the one at Yenūr has the 'special peculiarity of the cheeks being dimpled with a deep, grave smile', which is considered to detract from the impressive effect.