The ancient and medieval architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation

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thirteenth orfourteenth century a.d."
In the first
edition of

his

"

HistoryofIndian and

Eastern

Architecture

"

herevised

this estimatebyattributing ittothesixth
centurya.d.

Dr. Burgess, inthe revised edition of

Fergusson's

work,

Fig.42.—TheTempleofBodh-Gaya,Restored(fromCunningham's

"

Mahabodhi

")•

published in
19 10,

observes that the date of the

erection of

the

"

chaitya

"

is still obscure. When all the misconceptions

of Fergusson and hisfollowersregarding

theorigin andsym-

bolism of the sttipa and sikhara are cleared away,

General

Cunningham's
contention that the

Bodh-Gayi temple was