Calcutta University Readership Lectures 1935. Cultural Relations between India and Java

There are many affinities to be sure the composi- tion of the monuments corresponds to the pre- scripts of the kilpaiiistras, the decorative designs, such as the kirtimukha above the door or the win- dow motifs enclosing heads in high relief in the roof. [...] Time prevents me from giving more than the names of the texts represented : the Karmavibhaiiga, the life of the Buddha according to the Lalitavistara, the Avadanas and Jatakas, the Jittakamalit and the Gandavyfiha. [...] The shape of the building differs very much from that of the Central-Javanese monu- ments on account of the elongation of the basement to the front. [...] The walls of the basement of Chandi Jago, the terraces and the shrine itself are decorated with animal tales and scenes from the Kunjarakarna, the Parthayajna and the Arjunavivaha, and finally the Krshnityana. [...] In both cases you notice the door or gateway in the centre and the Ma-head above it ; the flowers and leaves which cover the background of the kayon remind us of the fact that the club-house has to be built in the forest or in the mountains.