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The temple of Hariscandrani Cori at Shamalaji (Dist. Sabarkantha) is probably of the 10 th Cent. A. D. When this territory was under the sway of the Parmaras. 9 It has a rectangular sanctum with a big mandapa in front. The mandapa has balconies on two sides and a porch in front. The whole structure is enclosed in a court-yard, the walls of which have fallen but the ornamental Torana (gate-way) is still standing.10 The pillars of the Torana have ornamental bases with niches on four sides containing amorous figures and mutilated figures of Gods and Goddesses of the Hindu Pentheon. The niches are surmounted by miniature Sikharas above which the shafts of pillars show the Purna-ghata motif. The toranabeam contains figures of heavenly musicians and is decorated with two semicircular arches with elongated ends issuing out of makara heads. The various carvings on the torana, the figures in the niches and the spires over them, suggest a date C. 1000 A. D. or a little earlier for this torana. This may also be the age of the temple. In the niches on the wall of 6. Bhartiya Vidya (Hindi-Guj.) I, 73; Historical Inscriptions of Gujarat Vol. 3 No. 136 A. 7. Pandit L. Gandhi, Jainsatyaprakasa Vol. 10 No. 8. 8. Muni Sundarsuri, Gurvavali Sl. 57. 9. Harsol Plates of Siyaka II, V. S. 1005, Epigraphia Indica, XIX, 236. 10. Sculptures from Samalaji and Roda Fig. 20 a on p. 34., Here fig. 51.

100 The Structural Temples of Gujarat the sanctum are figures of ganas, Camunda and other forms of Durga which suggest that the shrine was dedicated to some form of Durga, 11