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" I entered, into a porch cut out of the rock, which is of grayish stone : and on each side of that porch, there is the gigantic figure of a man, cut out of the, natural rock : and the walls are covered all over with other figures in relief, cut in the... "
A New System; Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology:: Wherein an Attempt is ... - Page 241
by Jacob Bryant - 1807
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A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...

Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 448 pages
...the rock, which is of grayish stone : and on each side of that porch, there is the gigantic figure of a man, cut out of the, natural rock : and the walls...walls are the natural rock, which in that place is six fa thorn high, and perpendicular to the groundplot ; and cut as smooth and even, as if it were plaster...
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A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...

Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 454 pages
...the rock, vhich is of grayish stone : and on each side of that porch, there is the gigantic Jigure of a man, cut out of the natural rock : and the walls...The walls are the natural rock, which in that place u six fathom high, and perpendicular to the groundplot ; and cut as smooth and even, as if it -were...
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Historical and Descriptive Sketch of His Highness the Nizam's ..., Volume 2

1884 - 802 pages
...Rock, which is of a dark grayish Stone, and on each side of that Porch, there is a Gigantick figure of a Man cut out of the natural Rock, and the Walls...natural Rock, which in that place is six Fathom high, Perpendicular to the Ground-plat, and cut as smooth and even, as if it were Plaster smoothed with a...
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Indian Monuments

N. S. Ramaswami - 1979 - 224 pages
...Rock, which is of a dark grayish Stone, and on each side ofthat Porch, there is a Gigantick figure of a Man cut out of the natural Rock, and the walls...other figures in relief, cut in the same manner". With a sure instinct Thevenot chooses the Kailasa with which to begin his account. "Having passed that...
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South Asia, Volume 3

Donald Frederick Lach, Edwin J. Van Kley, Edwin J.. Van Kley - 1993 - 680 pages
..."dark grayish stone." On each side of a porch stands a "Gigantick figure cut out of the natural Rock." The walls are "covered all over with other figures in relief, cut in the same manner."1'" Inside is a square court, "an hundred paces every way," with high walls that are "cut as...
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Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance ..., Volume 3

Donald F. Lach, Donald Frederick Lach, Edwin J. Van Kley - 1965 - 670 pages
..."dark grayish stone." On each side of a porch stands a "Gigantick figure cut out of the natural Rock." The walls are "covered all over with other figures in relief, cut in the same manner."40" Inside is a square court, "an hundred paces every way," with high walls that are "cut as...
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