Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c12.2

c12.2

Sculpture and carving in stone attained to an elaboration perfectly marvellous. The colossal Jain image of Gomaṭa on a hill at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, erected in about 983 during the Ganga period, is one of the most remarkable monuments in India. It is a monolith, nude, and stands 57½ feet high,¹ with no support above the thighs. “Nothing grander or more imposing exists out of Egypt,” says Fergusson, the great authority on architecture.