Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.32

c9.32

In the above description we have all the elements of an ancient Indian palace. It seems to be divided in three courts. The first one along the Gaṅgā contained the real Rājakula or palace in which hundreds of well decorated rooms were made. The reference to caryatid female figures carved on the pillars of the rooms is interesting for so early a date. It is also noting that before the introduction of stone for railing pillars, wooden railing pillars were undoubtedly used and the custom of decorating them with carved standing female figures was an essential element of palace architecture.