The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c28.s1.1

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B AḶAGĀMVE is a small village in Maisur territory, fourteen miles south-west of Hirē-Kerūr in the Dhārwār district. At one time it was a town of considerable importance in the Hoysaḷa kingdom, and was adorned with many fine buildings of that period. At present the village is composed of mud and thatched huts, interspersed with a few houses of a better kind. The surrounding country is very pretty and quite tropical. Tanks, lakes and ponds abound, which are thickly covered with the lotus and other water plants, and are frequented by great numbers of wild fowl. Plantations of sugarcane, betel-nut, *pān*, spices and other plants make it a very pleasant spot to camp in, especially in the hot weather. Scattered about in the fields and through the village are heaps of ruins, fallen columns, statues, inscription slabs, and scores of miscellaneous objects, which, with the ruins of its many temples, tell the story of former opulence and glory (Plates CXII—CXV).