Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s4.67

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The pilasters by the side of the doorways are rather of an exceptional class showing the originality and the vast aesthetic resources of the artists of Kaliṅga. The shafts spring from a well formed *Pūrṇaghaṭa* covered with leaf decoration. The *Pūrṇaghaṭa* is placed on a pedestal of overlapping slab. The middle protion of the shaft has its sharp edges chamfered (*aṭṭhāmsika thaba*) with the upper and lower portions square in section. The capital consists of addorsed animals. The surface is decorated with a *Śrī-vriksha* motif consisting of bulbous portions enclosing lotus circumambulation stūpa nave colonnade