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Tag Archives: gwalior fort

Gwalior Fort, Part 5: Rock-Cut Jain Tirthankar Statues Along the South-West Approach Road

Posted on January 19, 2015 by varunshiv

The best known group of Jain Tirthankar statues on the Gwalior Fort hill are along the western approach route to the hill, in what is known as the Urwahi Valley. Continue reading →

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Gwalior Fort, Part 4: Rock-Cut Jain Tirthankar Statues on the South-Eastern Escarpment

Posted on January 18, 2015 by varunshiv

At various places along the high escarpment of Gwalior Fort’s hill are rock-cut statues of the Jain pantheon of Tirthankar saints. Continue reading →

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Gwalior Fort, Part 3: Saas-Bahu Temples

Posted on January 18, 2015 by varunshiv

Saas-Bahu (mother-in-law, daughter-in-law) are two adjacent temples, one larger (saas) and one smaller (bahu), built in the late-11th c by the Kachchhapagatha kings who took over Gwalior from the Pratiharas in the 10th c. Continue reading →

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Gwalior Fort, Part 2: Teli ka Mandir

Posted on January 17, 2015 by varunshiv

Teli ka Mandir is an 8th c Pratihara-era temple, 25m high with a rectangular sanctum and “khakhara deul” spire with a vaulted top. Continue reading →

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Gwalior Fort, Part 1: Fort & Palaces

Posted on January 17, 2015 by varunshiv

Gwalior Fort is one of the many sites in India that has a wonderfully layered history, which is manifest in architecture from various different periods from that history. Continue reading →

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Brooding, Suraj Kund, Gwalior Fort

Posted on January 9, 2015 by varunshiv

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