924 Description of a Colossal Jain figure [Sept. 



5. The axilla, 11 n 



6. The shoulders and clavicles, 4 1 



7. The chin, 5 



8. The ala nasi, 4 10 



9. The droop of lower eyelid, 2 ^ 



10. The arch of eyebrow, 2 2 



11. The root of hair, 2 9 



12. To the vertex, 2 10 



Total,. . 72 8 



From the os pubis to the vertex being usually reckoned as one half 

 the body, and that being in the figures 45 ft. 5 in., the extreme height 

 should be 90 ft. 10 in.* and that portion of the body below the calf 

 now under ground, according to the same calculation, should be 18 ft. 

 2 in. The proportions are however by no means sculptural or in unison 

 with the above standard ; for instance, from the lower part of the kneef 

 to the foot, or ^ of the whole body, in the figure however it is only 15 

 ft. 5 in. instead of 22. 8 ; this would only give a height of 61 ft. 8 in. 

 whereas 72. 8 are above ground. 



Again, as will be noticed at a glance, the head is very much out of 

 proportion ; properly it should be equal to \ of the whole body, but as 

 it measures in the figure 14 ft. 9|- in. this would give a height of 119 

 ft. 4 in., and there are other disproportions which at once strike the 

 observer, namely, the shortness of the neck, which is but two inches 

 less than from the chin to the ala nasi, the squareness of the shoulders, 

 and the closeness of the axilla to them. 



The abdomen and right breast are much worn away, and the left 

 thigh and right and left fore arms also mutilated, owing to great masses 

 of trap boulders that have evidently been detached in consequence of 

 the decomposing nature of the rock and its exposure ; green earth enve- 

 lopes these boulders. The rock here is a good deal broken, which 

 might lead to the inference that the figure must have been meant to be 



* In confirmation of the accuracy of this measurement, a pundit, whom I sent 

 up, took the measurement in some way not stated by him ; but he gives the height 

 above ground 52 cubits, or 78 feet, and guesses that under ground 8 cubits more — 

 i. e. 100 feet in total. 



t To the bottom of the os pubis ought to be the same as from the knee. 



