Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c15.s2.t2.1
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c15.s2.t2.1
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c15.s2.t2.1
The Stūpas of northern India are generally of solid brick-construction, but the architecture of the Stūpas at Nagarjunikonda follows the plan of a wheel, with hub (nābhi), spokes (ara) and encircling felly (nemichakra). The open spaces between the radiating walls forming the spokes were filled in with earth before the brick-casing of the Stūpa was built up and the dome closed. As the walls were raised towards the dome their cross-section took the form of a giant umbrella since with their curvature they were higher towards the centre and lower at the periphery. [Fig. 217].