Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c13.s7.2

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Another temple of the same style and age as that at Sātgāon, and in an equally ruinous state, is that of Mahādeva at the village of Sākegāon, six miles west of Chikhli. It faces the east, and consists of a shrine, an antechamber and a hall, with a porch in front of the entrance on the east. It was surrounded by a heavily-built wall enclosing a courtyard, the entrance to which is on the north side. To the south of the main building is a small subsidiary temple facing the north, against which the surrounding wall abuts on either side, from which it is evident that the wall was built after the shrine. The masonry of the walls, and the pillars of the courtyard gateway, are of the same style and age as those of the temple at Mehkar, and therefore later than the temple itself. (Plate CX.)