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the reign of Shah Jehan. That it was removed during the reign of 
his son and successor, the bigoted Aurungzebe, I have little doubt, 
as it is omitted in his minute account of Gwalior by Hiraman, a 
Hindu Moonshee in the employ of Aurungzebe’s Mahomedan gover- 
nor of the fortress. 
“5. Now it seems to me possible that the statues just discovered in 
Delhi may have been brought from Gwalior, for tradition says that 
there was formerly a second life-size elephant in the Gujari Mahal, at 
the foot of the fort of Gwalior. That it was usual to remove such ob- 
jects to Delhi, we have a proof in the case of the brass statue of a bull 
which was obtained by Ibrahim Lodi on his capture of the Badil- 
garh outwork of the fort of Gwalior. This brazen statue, according 
to Ferishta, was carried to Delhi and thrown down before the Bagdad 
gate of the city. 
“6. I know of only one objection to this identification of the Delhi 
statues with Man Singh’s missing group from Gwalior—namely, the 
probability that all the statues would have been formed of the 
durable light-coloured sandstone of Gwalior. But as a black stone 
was selected for the elephants, it seems probable that the designer 
may have purposely made use of the reddish brown sandstone of 
Futtehpore Sikri for the human figures, for the special purpose of 
giving the group as nearly as possible the actual colours of real life. 
This idea is further carried out in the white and yellow marbles of 
the ropes and chains. It is only a surmise, however, that the Delhi 
figures may possibly be the very group that once adorned the upper 
gate of the fortress of Gwalior. Perhaps some one of the three 
authorities whom I have quoted as making mention of the statue, 
may have noticed some peculiarity of colour that may settle this 
point. I have no means of reference at present in camp, and am 
writing from memory, as I have only a few books with me. 
“7,.—But whether these Delhi statues be identical with the Gwa- 
lior group or not, their value as unique specimens of Indian sculpture 
is undoubted. I would therefore most earnestly recommend that 
immediate steps should be taken for their preservation and that an 
attempt at least should be made to reconstruct one of the elephant 
statues. If one statue should be found complete, or nearly so, it 
should, of course, be preserved: but even if the fragments should be 
found insufficient for one statue, I think that an attempt might still 
