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But there does not seem to be much doubt that purato-bhadra and mukha-bhadra are identical and that they are an essential part of the ancient Hindu buildings, resembling more or less the front tabernacle.—(Kanker inscrip. of Bhanudeva, v. 7, *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. IX, pp. 124, 125, and note 4.)