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(18) In the temples of Champa three distinct types of śikhara are noticed. The common type consists of a series of four storeys, diminishing as they rise, a curvilinear stone slab being as the crowning moulding. Another type comprises two storeys; the upper is ridge-shaped looking like an elongated arched vault with ogival ends at two sides with a slightly concave curve at the top. The third type ‘consists of a curvilinear pyramidal dome springing directly from the walls of the sanctuary, and surmounted by a massive circular member of corrugated form’ resembling Āmalaka of Indian temples.