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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
Among several unnoticed temples of this hilly tract the
most noteworthy are the temples of S膩ra峁噀艣vara, Lakhe峁嚹� and
Navadera popularly known as temples of Sadavanta Savaling膩
near Abhapur and Astika pancayatana Keny膩t膩 Mahadeva. The
other noteworthy temples in this group are 艢iva temples at
Mathachhada, the temple of Vadi盲vira at Vadiavir, the
Sobhe艣vara Mahadeva and Vaghe艣vari M膩ta temple at
Shobharada. 107
Recently in a paper, 'The Chronology of the Solanki Temples
of Gujarat '108 Shri M. A. Dhaky has at length discussed the
chronology of the Solanki temples in Gujarat on the basis of
epigraphic, literary and architectural materials that exist for the
study of the temples.
On scrutinising the extant monuments of Gujarat he feels
that the early architectural style in Gujarat was not quite
homogeneous but showed two parallel, though kindered, traditions.
From the Gupta period the tradition in Northern together with
Central Gujarat differed from the one that was current in
Saurastra. Further he states that the tradition current in Saurastra
bespeaks of architects working on a lower acsthetic plane. His
statement regarding this tradition prevalent in Saurastra is
vague, rather controvertial, in as much as. he says, 'Although
this tradition is not ancestral to the Solanki style, it did evolve
at one stage the Nagara Sikhara of an inferior variety in the
last century of the Maitraka rule (p. 3). It is well-known,
and accepted by the auther of this statement too, that the
Solanki style was one of the branches of the Nagara version
prevalent especially in North India. Further the canonical
works like Sm. Su. have dealt with the two main Sikhara
styles; viz, Temples with pyramidal flat-roofed superstructure
(Ch膩dya pr膩s膩das) and temples with curvilinear superstructure
(Sikhar膩nvita). Both the varieties were prevalent in Gujarat
107. For the description of these temples Vide Appendix 'A'.
108. Published in the Journal of the Madhya Pradesh Itihasa Parishad'
No 3, 1961, (Bhopal)