Pallava Architecture, Part I (MASI 17) c2.44

c2.44

The floor of the temple is usually raised a few feet above the natural ground-level and approached by a flight of rock-cut steps. In many cases the steps have been left unfinished, indicating that this work was always left to the last. When inscriptions occur in these temples, they are generally to be found engraved on the pillars or along the architrave of the facade.