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Memoirs of the Archæological Survey of India. Pallava Architecture. Part II

1928

Have been cut out and thrown into one large Chamber ; the three large tableaux and the figures of the doorkeeper's have been carefully obliterated ; the sankha (conch) and chakra (discus) the sacred symbols of Vishnu have been engraved on the end walls of the terrace and a colonnade the commencement of a pillared hall similar to the one erected in front of the Krishna Mandapa begun ; but strang [...] The stye of the dormer window ornament along the front of the cornice and the frieze of sacred geese below it the little flights of steps leading up to the five shrine chambers and the simple mouldings above and below their doorways and last but not least the style of the doorkeepers carved on each side of the little doorways are typical features of the Mahendra style.
anthropology archaeology
Pages
95
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100116
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i A.H. Longhurst view
Frontmatter
i-iv A.H. Longhurst view
Chapter I. The Intermediate or Mamalla Period
1-9 A.H. Longhurst view
Chapter II. Description of the Monuments
10-50 A.H. Longhurst view
Index
i-v A.H. Longhurst view
Backmatter
i-xxxv A.H. Longhurst view

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