00 ir u< OU_158650>[g [...]... and Cousens Antiquities of Sind, with Historical Outline The Chalukyan 1888.) Camhay, Dholka, Champanir and Architectural Antiquities of Northern Gujarat Bijapur and : Ahmadahad Portfolio of Illustrations of Sind Tiles The (Burgess and Cousens Gujarat (Cousens the Press.) in the Press.) : : in the Press.) THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF WESTERN INDIA EARLY ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS remains in Western India, ... Temple of Surya at Sutrapada The Temple Two 18 in of Meguti at Aihole Styles of Interior of Interior of Towers at Pattadakal Lad Khan's Temple at Aihole the Temple of Virupaksha at Pattadakal 20 The Durga Temple at Aihole The Temple of Virupaksha at Pattadakal 21 The Temple of 22 The Temple of Kasivisvesvara at 19 23 Doorway Papanatha Mouldings of the at Pattadakal Lakkundi Temple of Kasivisvesvara OF. .. Muhammadan The Muhammadan The in Town of Dabhoi in Architecture of Bharoch, Gujarat (Burgess Architecture of Architecture of : its 1896) (Burgess Ahmadahad (Burgess: Part II., 1905.) (Cousens : Part : (Cousens Architecture of the Kanarcse Districts The Medieval Temples of the Dakhan in : in : : 1903.) (Cousens :iQi6.) in the Press.) (Cousens Kathiawad (Con- ens 1900.) 1906.) Architectural Remains, with Historical... Pillar in the Temple Gateway 34 35 of Sarasvati at in the Town of the Pillars of the 33 Haidarabad Territory The Temple of Dodda Basappa at Dambal The Walls of the Temple at Dambal Another Pillar 32 in Temple Gadag of Sarasvati at Rudramala at Siddhapur The Temple of Somanatha at Somanatha-Pattan, in Kathiawad The Temple The Temple of Inter ioi of Navalakha Navalakha of at Ghumli at Sejakpur Vimala Sha's... typical of most others of this class It is a wall of rock closing OF WESTERN INDIA with three doorways giving pierced, below, two side aisles respectively, and with a great the front of the cave, and access to the nave and 5 is horse-shoe archway above, which admits a flood of light and air The light through this arch illumines the dagoba, the interior stands under the apse at the end of object of worship,... province From the top of a high square basement rose a cylindrical tower, finishing off 8 in a dome, on ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES 9 the top of which was, probably, a Tee and umbrella in stone or wood The sides of the tower had a slight slant, as may be seen in the photoof that stupa J|is graph of Thul Mir Rukan The square basement been destroyed, but the broken brickwork of the lower part of the tower shows... village latrine fell a prey to the vandal to the basest of uses, Many from of the earliest temples OF WESTERN INDIA 3 were of brick firstly, brick following those of wooden construction, with wooden door-frames, pillars, and beams, and then brick with stone Of military architecture there f door-frames, pillars, and beams very little beyond the ruins of an occasional Muhammadan fort or town defences, until... Kasivisvesvara OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST viii Plate 24 Sculpture on the Walls of a Temple at Halabid, Maisur *$ The Temple 26 27 29 at Ittagi Hoysala Sculpture from Balagamve Interior of 28 Mahadeva of Shrine Walls of the Temple at Ittagi Corner Slab of Ceiling of Hall of Temple at Ittagi Temple Annavatti at Sculpture at Base of Tower of Temple at Balagamve Window in a Temple at Narsapur Bracket Figure from... Ceiling in Abu at at Abu Central Pendant of Ceiling of Tejahpala's 37 Ceiling Panel from Temple at Abu Another Ceiling Panel from Temple 38 the Sun at Mudhera of the Sun at Mudhera Temple of 39 Temple 40 Interior of the Temple of the : : at 42 Southern Peak closed Hall open Hall Sun at Mudhera of Satrunjaya Hill Torana from Temple at Abu 43 The Temple of 44 The Temple of Govindesvara at Sinnar 45 Architrave... power until the end of the tenth century, the former had several hundred years' start of them oldest dated building of the early Chalukyas that we know of The is the temple of Meguti at Aihole a purely Dravidian one (Plate 17) Here there is a definite date to start from, for an inscription upon a large slab, built into its eastern wall, tells us it was built by the OF WESTERN INDIA 15 Western Chalukyan . THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF WESTERN INDIA