The number of Jain rock shrines at Gwalior, with numerous monumental statues, is unmatched anywhere else.

James Burgess wrote: "In the 15th century, during the reign of the Tomar kings, the Jains seem to have been seized with an uncontrollable impulse to convert the cliff that sustains the fort into a great shrine in honour of their religion, and in a few years excavated the most extensive series of Jaina caves known to exist anywhere.

[2] The Gopachal rock-cut Jain monuments are located on the rock cliffs of the hill topped by the Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh.

[8] Also within the fort there is an abandoned Jain temple which is now within the Scindia School playground and thus no longer accessible.

[14]Centuries later, the Jain community restored many of the statues by adding back stucco heads on the top of the damaged idols.

[12] The prolific Apabhramsha author Raidhu was responsible for consecrating many of the Jain rock carved images as attested by multiple inscriptions.

[17] The Gopachal rock-cut monuments depict the Tirthankaras in seated or standing meditating positions.