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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
Delwada. The niche arches, despite their archaic details, come
in their general conception very near to those of late Solanki
art, especially those at the later sections of the sun temple at
Modhera, and the same is true of part of the plinth decoration.
Certain circular creeper ornaments are likewise common in
late Solanki and especially Vaghela architecture. The figural
sculpture reveals a perfect mastery of the human body and has
the elongated proportions which prevailed 12th Century Gujarat.
Nevertheless is the physique of a heavier and more substantial
type than that found in Gujarat.
Most of these characterstics fit on the very little which
we know so far of Chauha峁嘺 art. Unfortunately Chauh膩峁嘺 art,
as a special local style, has not yet been studied, and thus it
can be compared only with such monuments which like those
at Visalpur temple near Deoli, the Morkhan temple near
Bikaner, Sculptures in Ajmer and Bikaner museums and near
the Kutubminar, at Mandor, Osia, Gwalior, Surwaya etc. The
heavier phisique of the figures, the decorative archaism, the
Ambika and Nataraja images, can in fact be traced, in almost
completely similarity, in these monuments. The wedding of
Siva and Parvati is likewise archaic, and the sitting Brham盲
appears hardly ever in Solanki art. Lakuli艣a on the other hand,
may well have been a radiation of the cult of Karvan. But the
Pawagadh temple is more ornate than the above mentioned
monuments. Thus we may be entitled to regard it as a so far
unique example of the last phase of Chauhan art, erected
probably at the end of the 12th cent. by the founder of local
Chauhan Kingdom. 196
The R膩ma Temple at Baradia (Dist. Jamnagar)
The temple stands on a raised platform and is approched
by a flight of stone steps. It has a small porch, a domed
antar膩la and a garbha-griha. Two balacony windows decorate
the antar膩la. Such windows formed a special feature of the
196 JGR.. Vol XI. No. 2 p. 54