Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c41.18

c41.18

When rotated 180 degrees: Top of the page: Plate number at top-left: `CXX...` - wait, where was `CXX>`? It was at bottom-left. When rotated 180°, it moves to top-right! Wait, looking at `CXX>` at bottom-left: Rotated 180°, bottom-left becomes top-right. The text reads from left to right: Wait, `CXX>`: In 180° rotation: The `>` was at the right end of `CXX>`. Rotated 180°, it is at the left! Wait, what is that glyph? It's a broken Roman numeral or bracket: `[CXXX]` or `(CXXX)` or `CXXXI` or `CXXX`? Actually, it looks like `CXXX` with the top of letters cut off, or `CXXXI`. Wait, looking closely at `<` at bottom left: It's `C X X X` where the last X is cut in half, or `C X X I`? Wait, the first letter is C, then X, then X, then an angled stroke. Wait, no: reading it right-side-up (after 180° rotation): The letters are at top right: Wait, look at the C at bottom left in current view: It's an opening parenthesis or C? It's `C X X X`! Wait, in current view: Left to right: `C X X X` (the last one has right half cut off, looking like `>` or `X`). Wait, if it's upside down, the C at the left is upside-down. An upside-down C curves like `)`. But here it curves like `(` (which is C)! Wait! Look closely at `CXX>`: Is it upside down or right side up? If it curves like `(`, that's a normal C. Wait, why would C be right side up if the caption is upside down? Wait! Look at the caption: `Fig 1 Kashmir . Temple of the Sun, Martand , 8th century A D` Reading from left to right in current view? No! In current view, the word "Fig" is on the right! Ah! In current view: On the right: `Fig 1` (upside down). In the middle: `Kashmir . Temple of the Sun, Martand , 8th century A D` (upside down). On the left: it ends with `8th century A D`. Yes! So when rotated 180 degrees: `Fig 1` is on the left! And the bottom-left of current view (`CXX>`) becomes the top-right! And let's read `CXX>` rotated 180 degrees: In current view, at the bottom-left: From left to right: `C X X >` When rotated 180 degrees, it is at the top right, and read left to right: The `>` rotated 180° becomes `<`. Wait, no! If you rotate the whole image 180°: What was on the far left at the bottom is now on the far right at the top. What was on the inner side (towards right) is now on the inner side (towards left). So `C X X >` read left-to-right rotated 180°: The leftmost character `>` is read first! `>` rotated 180° is `<`. Then `X`, then `X`, then `C` rotated 180° is `Ɔ`. Wait, `< X X Ɔ` is `C X X >` upside down! Yes! Because `C` upside down looks like `Ɔ`, and `<` upside down is `>`. So right side up, it is `C X X X`! Wait, `C X X` and then the fourth letter is `X` (cut off at the margin). So it's `CXXX`!