1864.] Memorandum on the life-sized Statues at Delhi. 



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11 fragments, 

 18 Ditto. 



Ditto. 



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Memorandum on the life-sized Statues lately exhumed inside the 

 Palace of Delhi,— By C» Campbell, Usq., G. M, 



Delhi, June 5th, 1863. 



1. We have now collected together and sorted all the fragments, 

 and find that they comprise, apparently, portions of no less than 3 

 groups, all imperfect, as follows. 



Elephants Feet, 



Legs, 

 „ Trunk, 



„ Head, 



„ Body and 



„ Howdah, 



And in addition several hundred fragments that cannot now be 

 identified. 



Of human figures, there are 3 portions of a body, 4 fragments of 

 arms, and one complete head. 



These are in a very rude style of art ; one of the hands is compara- 

 tively perfect and has the thumb on the exterior, i, e. where the little 

 finger ought to be, and vice versa. An attempt has been made at 

 some former period to repair these groups ; this is evident from many 

 of the fractures having been cut square, and new pieces of stone fitted 

 in, whilst from the fact of these new pieces having remained uncarved, 

 it is clear that the attempt was soon abandoned. 



2. There can be ho doubt that these are the identical figures seen 

 and described by Bernier, who visited Delhi at the commencement of 

 of Aurungzebe's reign. His description is as follows. 



" The entrance of the fortress (palace) presents nothing remarkable 

 besides two large elephants of stone, placed at either side of one of 

 the principal gates : on one of the elephants is seated the statue of 

 Jemel, the renowned Bajah of Chittore ; on the other is the statue of 

 Polta his brother. These are the brave heroes, who, with their still 

 braver mother, immortalized their names by the extraordinary 

 resistance which they opposed to the celebrated Akbar ; who defended 

 the towers besieged by that great Emperor with unshaken resolution • 

 and who, at length reduced to extremity, devoted themselves to their 

 country, and chose rather to perish with their mother in sallies 



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