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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
APPR. which gives a more elaborate treatment of the
curvilinear spire is entirely silent about the pyramidal
superstructure. It obviously indicates that the pyramidal form
of the superstructure which was in vogue in the pre-Caulukyan
period got out of date at the time of APPR. Thus the
type of the pyramidal superstructure of the pre-Caulukyan
temples is met with in the Sm. Su.
The Sikhara of the Caulukyan temples is curvilinear in
shape. Among early works the G. P. deals with this shape and
gives the method for arriving at it, but the description of the
method is wanting in details. The Sm. Su. also describes the
curvilinear spire as Sikharanvita Sikhara and refers to several
varieties of it. But a full treatment of the curvilinear type
especially specification of the Rekh膩s appears for the first
time in APPR. which adds several varieties to those given
in Sm. Su.
From a comparative study of the different types of the
Sikharas of the Caulukyan temples in Gujarat it is also
gathered that only a few varieties of the temples apply to
those given in Sm. Su. while almost all the variety correspond
to those described in APPR.
The pillars in the pre-Caulukyan temples are generally
square in shape and plain in design excepting the heavy
brackets at the top. Early works as well as canonical works
refer to some different shapes of pillars, such as square,
octagonal etc. The simple treatment given in the early works
implies the plainness of its design. The pillars in the Caulukyan
temples are generally square (plain or facetted) or octagonal
(plain or facetted) or more frequently composite in shape,
displaying various permutations of shapes and embellished
with several mouldings. Among these the simple shapes (square
and octagonal) occur among those mentioned in the early
works, but the facetted shapes are given only in the canonical
works. The square facettled and the octagonal facetted shapes