. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. he breadth of these five kinds oftemples being divided into seven, , five, four, and three parts, in due order ;ten, nine, eight, and seven of those parts are given to their respective heights,(.\rch. of the Hindus, p. 39). General Cunningham has reduced these propor-tions into the following tabular form. 1st Modest, height Ii breadth 2nd Bulky, 114 3r(l Triumphant, ,, 4th Wonderful, ,, i?/ ,, 5th All-pleasing ,, 2 ,, [ 58 ] supports the metal cap and the trident, or the discus, each ofwhich sh
. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. he breadth of these five kinds oftemples being divided into seven, , five, four, and three parts, in due order ;ten, nine, eight, and seven of those parts are given to their respective heights,(.\rch. of the Hindus, p. 39). General Cunningham has reduced these propor-tions into the following tabular form. 1st Modest, height Ii breadth 2nd Bulky, 114 3r(l Triumphant, ,, 4th Wonderful, ,, i?/ ,, 5th All-pleasing ,, 2 ,, [ 58 ] supports the metal cap and the trident, or the discus, each ofwhich should measure i8 inches in length. The steeple isgenerally slender, having straight sloping sides, but occasion-ally its outline is curvilinear. In its simplest form, the steeplerises from above the cornice without any basement ; butgenerally it has four little turrets or pinnacles, khiikibhadras,on the four corners. In ornate forms the turrets are ranged intiers, and their number is multiplied till, in the most elabor-ate specimens, there are as many as io8 of them, arranged insix
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