Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c48.18

c48.18

Half-timbered construction, building formed of a wooden frame-work with the interstices filled with brick or plaster Hammer-beam roof, late Gothic form of wooden roof without a direct tie *Hamsa*, goose *Harmika*, the finial of a stupa in the form of a pedestal in which the shaft of the honorific umbrella was set Headers and stretchers, bricks bounded with their short or long faces placed alternately Hellenic, ancient Greek *Hemadpanti*, name given to a type of Deccani temple supposed to have been introduced or designed by Hemadpant, minister of the Yadava king of Devagiri in the 13th century *Hinayana*, primitive Buddhism, an earlier form of this great-religious movement, as distinct from the later, or Mahayana Hippogryph, fabulous griffin-like creature with body of horse. *Hira*, bead moulding *Hira*, *grihas*, corbels. Honeysuckle and palmette, border in Grecian art consisting of these decorative elements. *Hti*, finial (Burmese). Hypostyle, pillared hall.