. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . SCULPTURED NICHE OX THE EXTERIOR OF TPIE TEMPLE AT BAROLLI. TofcKe page 1756. THE BAROLLI TEMPLES 1767 single column intervenes on each side between the pilasters andthe columns in front. The columns are about eighteen feet inheight. The proportions are perfect ; and though the differenceof diameter between the superior and inferior portions of the shaftis less than the Grecian standard, there is no want of elegance ofeffect, whilst it gives an idea of more grandeur. The frieze is onemass of sculptured f
. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . SCULPTURED NICHE OX THE EXTERIOR OF TPIE TEMPLE AT BAROLLI. TofcKe page 1756. THE BAROLLI TEMPLES 1767 single column intervenes on each side between the pilasters andthe columns in front. The columns are about eighteen feet inheight. The proportions are perfect ; and though the differenceof diameter between the superior and inferior portions of the shaftis less than the Grecian standard, there is no want of elegance ofeffect, whilst it gives an idea of more grandeur. The frieze is onemass of sculptured figures, generally of human beings, male andfemale, in pairs ; the horned monster termed Grasda separatingthe different pairs. The internal tor an or triumphal arch, whichis invariably attached to all ancient temples of the sun-god, is[708] of that pecuhar curvature formed by the junction of twoarcs of a circle from different centres, a form of arch well knownin Gotliic and Saracenic architecture, but which is an essentialcharacteristic of the more ancient Hindu temples. The head of aGr
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