The Gommateshwara Statue of Bahubali
How did 10th-century artisans, working from scaffolding with only iron chisels and hammers, carve a correctly proportioned, 17-meter human figure directly out of a granite hilltop without a single seam or joint anywhere in the finished form?
c. 981 CE (Western Ganga dynasty, commissioned by Chavundaraya) · Shravanabelagola, Hassan District, Karnataka, IndiaAdded July 2026