Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c10.s5.5

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² This carries out the same idea as in Corinthian capitals, where the upward growing foliage, meeting the under surface of the flat tile or abacus, curls back upon itself, and, in the Indian examples, hangs down in more pendent masses. Good examples of this, occurring in early work in the cave-temples, may be seen in the plates LVIII, LXIII, LXVI (ribbed somewhat like the Pedgāon pillars) and LXXXIV in the *Cave-temples of India* (Fergusson and Burgess).