. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. ct the artisticeffect of the tower being highly prized, they generally utilisedthe space within it by dividing it into two or three storeys; therooms being used for the deposit of jewelery and other valu-able treasures of the temple ; scr\-ing thus the same purposewhich the opisthodomus did in Grecian sanctuaries. Thechambers are never accessible to outsiders, but I noticed thatthey were sometimes lighted, and ventilated by small openings. Xo. 18, Section of anOrissan Temple. [ 65 ] in the spire. The s
. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. ct the artisticeffect of the tower being highly prized, they generally utilisedthe space within it by dividing it into two or three storeys; therooms being used for the deposit of jewelery and other valu-able treasures of the temple ; scr\-ing thus the same purposewhich the opisthodomus did in Grecian sanctuaries. Thechambers are never accessible to outsiders, but I noticed thatthey were sometimes lighted, and ventilated by small openings. Xo. 18, Section of anOrissan Temple. [ 65 ] in the spire. The stairs arc enclosed within one of the walls olthe temple, and reached through the sanctuary itself. It is saidby the priests at BhuvanesVara, that about a hundred yearsago, a man had ascended with a lamp in hand to the upperstorey of the Great Tower, but through the displeasure of thepresiding divinity, he was suffocated to death before he couldattempt to retrace his steps, and that, ever since, nobody hadattempted to explore that much dreaded chamber. The towerof the great temple at Puri, has, likewise, some rooms within it,but they too are not in use now. These facts suggest the idea,that the openings for light and air are inefficient, and themephtic vapours which have accumulated within, render themunapproachable. In the temple at Buddha Gaya, there are twomoderate-sized windows to give light to the upper plain temples, the plinth is, as already stated, generallywanting, and the body of the edifice risesfrom
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