A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.138
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.138
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The arrangement of the statuary on the stairs, which recurs at other shrines in the town, deserves notice. The two seated figures at the bottom are locally supposed to represent two Nepalese champions named Jayamalla and Phatta. Elephants come next, and are succeeded by griffins (*sārdūls*), the topmost figures being two fierce goddesses named Tigress (*Byāghrinī*) and Lioness (*Singhringī*). In Northern India legend connects the names of Jayamalla and Phatta with the siege of Chitōr (*post*, Chap. XIII).