Gwalior Fortress. Colossal Figure 62 Ft. High.

Gwalior Fortress. Colossal Figure 62 Ft. High.

c. 1908
Publisher No.: 
8958

[Original caption] Gwalior Fortress-Colossal Figures. Gwalior Fortress stands stern and strong 300 feet above the town. A long line of battlements crowns the steep, broken only by the towers and domes of the palace and midway a temple, grey with the moss of ages. The sculptures of Gwalior are unique in northern India, both for their number and enormous size. They are all excavated in the steep cliff below the fortress walls. The largest of all is the Colossus, over 60 feet high with a foot measuring 9 feet. [end]