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The Structural Temples of Gujarat
and sizes, a characteristic example is the Chaumukha temple
of Adinatha, built in A. D. 1618, but on the site of much
earlier structure. This temple shows how the builders put into
effect the plan of the fourfaced shrine. The cell is provided
with the four exquisite entrances, the
entrances, the
east being connected
with the assembly hall in the front and the three others openings
have porches leading into surrounding courtyard.
The Neminatha temple, the other famous temple city
on Girnar, bears an inscription indicating that it was restored
in the 13th century and is probably not very different in its
general appearance from what it was when first built a century
before. Standing within a quadrangular courtyard, it is
surrounded by a range of pillared cloisters containing over
seventy cells. The other famous temple in the
group of
Girnar temples is the Triple temple of Vastupala-Tejap膩la.
The principal Sanctuary contains the image of Mallinatha. the
19th Tirthankara and the side chambers contain monuments of
solid masonary, called 'Sumeru' and 'Sameta 艢ikhara'. 13
(iv) Temples of Madhya Pradesh (A. D. 950-1050)
The group of Hindu and Jain temples at the old Chandela
capital Khajuraho (Chhatarpur, central India) are second in
importance and magnificance to the Orissan temples. They were
built between 950 and 1050 A. D. The individual characteristics
of this group of temple are: (1) Khajuraho temples, instead of
being contained within the customary enclosure wall stand on
a high and solid terrace. These temples may be classed as
Jagati-Pr膩s膩das in the terminology of Silpa texts like Samr膩nga峁嘺
Sutradhara etc. Further on the broad platform i. e. terrace
temples are erected not as a cojoined building, as in the case
of Orissan temples but as a unified structure. (2) These temples
are of not a great size, the largest is only thirty meters nearly,
but consist of elegant proportions, graceful contours and rich
surface treatment. (3) These temples are
(3) These temples are
notable for their
13. LABH p. p. 163.