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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
The larger of the two shrines at Sander, an old temple
in the vicinity of Hingolaji M膩t膩 temple at Khandosan, the
triple shrine at Parabadi and the temples of Kanoda, Gorada
and Chaubari and Harasatm膩t膩 and Nilkantha Mahadeva temple
at Miani from the style of fragment preserved are to be
affiliated to the Sunak group and so are to be assigned
preferable towards the close of the 10th century A. D.28
Sander* has two small disused but interesting old temples.29
The larger of the old temple is identical in plan and
detail with that of Nilakantha temple at Sunak, only smaller,
being 8-7 ms. in total length from east to west. It faces the
east, and the basement is buried to about 0.7 m. in the soil.
The sanctum of the temple is 4.3 meters wide and the
mandapa is only 5-3 meters in width. The total length of the
shrine is nearly 9-6 meters. Except a few decorative motifs,
almost all the details of the carvings of the various mouldings
of the temple are similar to those of the temple of Nilkant岣�a
at Sunak.
The smaller shrine, beside the larger one, is a typical
Eka峁囜笉aka i. e. Eks峁沬nga pr膩s膩da (which reminds Burgess (AANG.
p. 109) of the temples in Orissa, which have been ascribed to
the sixth cent. A. D.). Above the shrine door is a figure of
Ga峁噀艣a, and over him, on the frieze, are the Navagrahas or nine
planets similar to those on the door ways of two small shrines
in the compound of the Amathora M膩t膩 temple at Vadanagar
(AANG. plt. LXIII) and Bhade艣vara shrine at Kaccha (AKK.
plt. Lxi. 2). From the transitional treatment of the Sikhara, this
shrine can be chronologically placed with Roda temples, but
it is also possible that the practice of such treatment continued
to be in vogue even in later times. Similar treatment of the
Sikhara is seen in shrines in the Kunda at Modhera which is
definitely a work of 11th cent. A. D.
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28. Majmudar R. C. Struggle for Empire' pp. 593鈥�594.
* 4 Kms. West of Ruhavi & 8 Kms. S-W from Sunak. (Dist Mehsana)
29. AANG. Plts. XCIV, XCV. Here Fig, 59.