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Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.4481
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‘The principal group of the bastis of the Jains at present known at least above the ghāts, is that of Śrāvaṇa Belgola. There are there two hills—the Indra-giri, on a shoulder of the other, called Chandragiri, stand the bastis, fifteen in number. As might be expected from the situation, they are all of the Dravidian style of architecture, and are consequently built in gradually receding storeys, each of which is ornamented with small, simulated cells. . . . No instance occurs among them of the curvilinear sikra (śikhara) or spire, which is universal with the northern Jains, except in the instance of Ellora.’