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Structural Temples of the Caulukyan Period 193 Bhavan膩tha or Bhuvane艣vara Mahadeva temple at Desan* is
an old one. It was many times rebuilt in the past as the
existence of temple and Kun岣峚, 277 is mentioned in the inscri-
ption 278 of V. S. 1354 (A. D. 1298) in the Sun 279 (now
Ramaji temple in the compound which, according to above
inscription was built in the time of Kar峁嘺 Vaghela. There is
a large image of bull of grey stone marble 1.5 m. long, lying
in the compound, which must surely have been belonged to an
earlier temple.280
Sculpture and panels present various forms of Vi峁ａ箛u and
depict several scenes from Krisna's life. Some of the stray
sculptures may represent the temples of Vis峁噓 or Kri峁ａ箛a having
been erected during the rule of Caulukyan and Vaghela
danasty in Gujarat. The An膩va岣嵞� stone inscriptiion 281 of
S膩rangadeva of V. S. 1348 (A. D. 1296) attests to the existence
of Krisna worship in Gujarat
Temples built during 13th cent. A. D.
Dhinjoj (Dist. Mehsana) has an old temple of Vyaghre艣vari
now known as Khamalai.
This temple faces the east and seems to have been rebuilt.
The portions of the original left undistrubed are the ma峁囜笉apa
and the pillars, which are of old pattern. The dome is in
Muhmedan style. The course in the basement, ususlly filled by
a close line of elephants, is here almost plain but divided up
by half pillarettes into small spaces, in a very few of which
* 28-8 kms. N.E. of Himatnagar. (Dist. Sabarkantha)
277. The Kunda is a famous place of miraculous cure for leprosy.
278. AFIS. p. 47.
279. In the inscription the sun temple is named as temple of
惭耻苍箩腻濒补蝉飞腻尘墨诲别惫补.
280. AFIS. pp. 19, 20. Plt. XXIX. no 56.
281. Ind. Ant. XLI. pp. 20-21.