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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
as the inscription dated V. S. 1202 was personally seen by the
writer in March 1958 A. D. on a pillar of the porch.
The site of temple of Rudramah膩laya covered an oblong
of about 70.1 by 91.5 ms., in the centre of which stood the
temple-two or three storeys in height, with a mandapa 15.2 ms.
square inside, having porches on the east, north and south
sides and the shrine on the west. In or round the court were
eleven other shrines dedicated to the Rudras. The court was
perhaps surrounded by small cells with principle entrance
on the east and a gh膩ta or flight or steps down to the Sarswati
river on that side. 101
Only a few magnificent fragments of Rudramah膩laya are
left surviving. 101/1 The restoration plan102 of the site has
been published by Burgess and Cousens. The remained fragments
are four pillars of North porch to the mandapa and five pillars
of east porch; four pillars at the back of the mandapa, one
beautiful Tora峁嘺 and a number of pillars and the doors and
101. AANG. p. 59-60.
101/1. Here Figs. 93鈥�100.
102. AANG. plt. XXXVIII, Fig. 227.
In respect to the arrangement of pillars in the G奴岣峢ama峁囜笉apa of
the main shrine Shri M. A. Dhaky does not accept the ground plan
proposed by Burgess and Cousens and he remarks that it needs some
investigations. He says, "There are clear evidences that the temple was
a storied building, since then the arrangement of pillars of the
g奴岣峢ama峁囜笉apa is not admissible as far they do not allow room for
walking on the floor of the upper storey. In fact they are not in
conformity with the practice observed.鈥� (CSTG. p. 45).
And by comparing the ground plan of this temple with that of
Ajitana ha temple at Taranga he gives possible clues for the
arrangement of pillars, but the clues are hardly acceptable as they are
far fetched and vague. The pillared antar膩la, in fact, would leave
ample room for moving on the upper floor.