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The Structural Temples of Gujarat

by Kantilal F. Sompura | 1968 | 163,360 words

This essay studies the Structural Temples of Gujarat (Up to 1600 A.D.)....

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It is believed to have formed a part of a Sun temple which is destroyed though the remains are lying burried under debris close by. The Torana, too, is not intact, its architrave and the pediment with its fine sculptures are mostly gone. No vestige of the arch is to be seen. The pillars are profusely and finely carved, 198/7 but are now out of plumb. It is also trabeate in construction. There is no arch as bracket left in it. The mouldings though not quite identical to Vadanagar Torana are of the type seen on the mandovaras or walls of the temples at Modhera, Sunak or other places and are made according to the requirements of the Silpa-Sastra, 199 The Sitala Mata temple at Piludra

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