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Chaturbhuj Temple, Gwalior

Gwalior Fort, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh · 26.2308°, 78.1700°

Vishnu (Chaturbhuja)Gurjara-PratiharaNagara (rock-cut)
Sacred since
875 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
875 CE (Gurjara-Pratihara)
Gurjara-Pratihara

History & significance

A monolithic shrine roughly twelve feet square cut into the rock face of Gwalior Fort in 875 CE by Alla, grandson of Nagabhata II, with reliefs of four-armed Vishnu and Varaha and subsidiary dedications to Shiva and the nine Durgas. Its dedicatory inscription carries the earliest known use of a circular symbol for zero, making the temple a landmark in the history of mathematics.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Gurjara-Pratihara