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The Architectural Forms of Temples 317 in
Further APPR. also gives particulars about the different
regions where the different types of temples were especially
prevalent. The Nagara type for instance was common
Ahiraja (i. e. Ahichhatra) Vair膩jya, Vir膩峁璦, Koka峁嘺, Dandk膩r峁噛a
and Sanhyadri. The work also cites the types that were
especially in vogue in Saur膩峁ａ弓ra and Gurjarade艣a, but
unfortunately the line mentioning these types is missing
in the text.141
In APPR. the N膩gara type figures as the first and foremost
type of temples. It describes the salient features of this
type as follows.
The spire of the Nagara temple is adorned with S峁沶gas,
Uru峁�rngas, Pratyangas etc. It is constructed of profile ( Rekh膩)
of one to three divisions (Khandas). It has Sukan膩sa, 膧malaka,
Kalasa and An岣峚ka Its' ground plan is adorned with various
projections running vertically and horizontally from top to bottom.
Its vertical member are Pitha, Uppitha, Jangh膩 (Mandovara)
K奴峁璦ch膩dya etc. It has Mandapa, Vit膩na (ceilings) adorned
with bell-shaped Sa峁僾ar峁嚹� (or S膩mara峁嘺 )142
From the description of twenty temples in Brht. Sam., 143.
M. P. 144 and Vi艣va Karma Prak膩艣a 145 (the works approx.
of 6th Cent. A. D.) etc., it seems that the temples have
assumed various forms by this time,
None of these works however refers to the Nagara School
of architecture, which is found to be one of the principal
schools in later canonical works. It is in the Ag. P 146 that
141. APPR. CXII, 12.
Shri P. A. Mankad the editor of APPR. contends that the N膩gara
type originated in Ahichhatra in Pancala and that it extended south-
word along with the migration of the Brhamanas of Panc膩la, who
are known as N膩garas (Appr Int. pp. XXIII-XXVI).
142. APPR. CVI, 18-25.
143. Br. Sm LVII, 17鈥�31.
146. AG. P. CIV. 11鈥�12.
144. MP. CCLXIX. 26.
145. VKP. VI, 82-86.