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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
shrine remains. Of the middle one also only the shrine remains
standing; on the walls are carved a figure of Surya on the
west face, and Sard奴las in the recesses, Varaha has fallen of
from the South wall, and there is a figure of Ganapati on the
lintel, which seems to have been used in Saurastra, on Sun
temples as well as those of Siva. Of the third temple a portion
of the porch as well as the shrine remains. Over the head of
the shrine door are carved the nine-grahas. On the north wall
outside is N峁沬sinha, and on the west Vis峁噓, both
time-worn.
much
To the N. E. of this group are fragments of two other temples
facing west. These are very simple and much plain temples. 55
*Kheda (Khedakot) has an old 艢iva (Lakhe艣vara) temple
of, perhaps, the end of the 10th cent. A. D. thrown down
by the earthquake. The shrine still stands, and measures
2.6 ms. square inside, with walls 0-9 ms, thick, surrounded by
a pradk峁�i峁嚹乸atha, or path for circumambulation, 0.9 m. wide,
the Vim膩na measuring 7.4 ms. over all. This temple has been
built partly of red and partly of yellowish very hard stone.
Of the mandapa which was 5.7 ms. wide, only a part
of the north wall with one window in it is left; all the
rest is a heap of ruins, and the amlasila of the Sikhara lies
outside, a block about 2 ms. in diameter. The sculptures on
the walls are not numerous, but have been superior to the
usual run of such work and the elaborate ornamental work on
the faces of the spire has been largely undercut; it represents
the Caitya window, repeated over a triangular face, with human
figures between. Of these triangles of sculpture there are eight
on each side, gradually diminshing in size as they rise higher
and higher, one behind another, like so many gable ends.
The corners of the shrine are surmounted by miniature spires,
55. AKK. pp. 214鈥�215.
* 20.8 Kms. south of Bhuj in Kaccha. It is an ancient Kapilakota,
the capital of R膩鈥橪膩kh膩.