Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c30.14

c30.14

To carry the movement to its final phase there is a temple to the east of the village called Sachiya Mata, the foundations of which may date from the eighth century, but most of it, as now standing, was executed towards the middle of the twelfth century. In plan it has an octagonal space, or nave, in the centre of the assembly hall, with a pillar at each angle supporting a shallow dome, an arrangement of the interior which began from the eleventh century. The spire of this temple is complex in design with supplementary turrets or *ūruśringas* attached to its sides, which, with other similar features proclaim its later date