[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909) › c12.2 # Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c12.2 Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c12.2 - **Language:** English ### [c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.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. - [Previous: c12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c12.1) - [Next: c12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c12.3) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c12.2) · Pramāṇa