The ancient and medieval architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation
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THE AIHOLE TEMPLE 67 centrated light upon thechaityaat thefartherend. The hall, or mandapiDu, shown in front of the chapter-hous ...
68 THE AIHOLE TEMPLE It is somewhat remarkable that this temple belonged apparently tothe Jain sect: it was an exception to the ...
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ROCK-CUT TEMPLES 69 plate, whichshowsthe conditioninwhich theywerediscovered, havesinceprobably beendestroyed ; for the photogra ...
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THE kArLE CHAITYA-HOUSE 71 north of India was being transformed into the school ofthe Mahayana, orGreaterVehicle. The magnificen ...
72 THE kArLE CHAITYA-HOUSE isnow standing, the placeofthe other one beingcovered by a later Dtirga shrine. It is interesting ton ...
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THE kArLE CHAITYA-HOUSE 73 placed within the four legsofaVedic altar of sacrifice ; one part of the sixteen-petalled flower is t ...
74 THE kARLE CHAITYA-HOUSE it persisted witha symbolical meaning only,when the original practical purpose had ceased to exist, a ...
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THE KArLE CHAITYA-HOUSE 75 Silpa-sistras, they are "Vishnu-necked."' The bases are Lakshmi's jars of plenty. Instead of the lion ...
76 THE ORIGIN OF GOTHIC ART the fairy shafting of Gothic vaults and their widely spaced supports would have crumbled into dust u ...
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