History of mediæval art . © U—. 3 m-^s J \r Fig. 76.—Plan and Section of the Chaitya Temple of Karli. appeared, but its arrangement is evident from the mortises cut toreceive the ends of the beams. Before it stood a fine stambha,upon the polygonal shaft of which is a capital consisting of areliquary and a group of four recumbent lions above a wreathof leaves bent downward, of the type described above. The inte-rior of the chaitya of Karli is remarkably well preserved, even thewooden ribs of the barrel-vault and of the conch still remainingintact. With the exception of seven shafts in the apse,
History of mediæval art . © U—. 3 m-^s J \r Fig. 76.—Plan and Section of the Chaitya Temple of Karli. appeared, but its arrangement is evident from the mortises cut toreceive the ends of the beams. Before it stood a fine stambha,upon the polygonal shaft of which is a capital consisting of areliquary and a group of four recumbent lions above a wreathof leaves bent downward, of the type described above. The inte-rior of the chaitya of Karli is remarkably well preserved, even thewooden ribs of the barrel-vault and of the conch still remainingintact. With the exception of seven shafts in the apse, which are I38 INDIA. treated like polygonal piers without bases and capitals, the columnsof the interior,—fifteen upon either side of the hall,—are similar inform and decoration to the stambhas {Fig. j6). The chaitya tem-ples of Ajanta, Ellora, Kenheri, Salsette, Dhumnar, Kholvi, and ofmany other places in India, are by no means lacking in interest, buta consideration of their individual peculiarities would lead us toofa
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