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“ Ist.—Top of head to below the eyes, in two pieces, which were 
joined perpendicularly. 
“9nd.—End of the trunk, holding a chain and resting on the 
ground. 
“ 3rd—Two ears, each three feet long. 
“ Ath.—Piece of back, towards the tail. 
“5th.— Piece of stomach, hinder portion. 
“6th.—Several pieces of a howdah. ‘The chains (which no doubt 
supported bells) are formed of yellow stone let into the black stone 
of the howdah ; similarly, the cotton ropes which fastened the howdah, 
are formed of white marble. 
“‘'7th.—There are also several pieces with straight-lined ornamenta- 
tion in white and yellow stone, let into the black stone, which, I 
presume, must have represented the decorated borders of the jhal or 
cloth trapping, which is usually embroidered in gold and silver. 
“8th.—A doubtful piece with a deep round socket. This may, I 
think, have been part of the jaw for the insertion of a tusk, which 
would, of course, have been made of white marble. 
“4, From this brief account it is evident that, in these broken 
statues of men and elephants, we possess something quite unique in 
Indian sculpture. The human figures are of life-size, and although 
the legs of the elephants are rather massive, I believe that their 
statues were also of the usual height. Small statues of elephants are 
not uncommon, and may be seen in many Indian temples ; but with 
one single exception, I am not aware that the Hindu artists have 
ever attempted so large a piece of sculpture as a full-size figure of an 
elephant. The exception which I refer to was the great elephant 
statue which once stood on a pedestal outside of the upper gate of 
the fort of Gwalior, which was accordingly called Hathiya-Paur or 
Elephant Gate—a name which it still bears, although the statue has 
long ago disappeared. This statue was of life-size, and bore on its 
back three human figures—namely, Raja Man Singh of Gwahor, with 
his mahout, and his attendant umbrella-bearer. Raja Man Singh died 
during the siege of Gwalior by Ibrahim Lodi in A. D. 1518. The group 
was soon afterwards seen by the Emperor Babur, who describes it 
fully in his memoirs. It is afterwards noticed by Abul Faz] in his 
Ayin Akbari, written in the 40th year of Akbar’s reign, and it is last 
noticed by an English merchant who visited the fort of Gwalior in 
