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(73) 'The roof of this hall is supported by four very elaborately carved columns, nearly square at the base, changing into octagons at a little above one-third their height. The capitals are circular under square abaci. These again are surmounted by square dwarf columns terminating in the usual bracket capitals of the older Hindu works.' (The temple of Amarnath, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. iii, p. 317, c. 2, para. 1, middle.)