Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c7.s1.4

c7.s1.4

Though the gods without are silent, their lips being sealed, the stones within cry out; and, with no uncertain voice, they tell us something of the origin of this *chef-d'œuvre* of the builder's art. Upon a beam, above the inside of the north door of the hall, is engraved an inscription which records that in *Saka* 982 (A.D. 1060) this temple was built (possibly upon the site of an older one) during the reign of the Silāhāra chief Mummuṇi or Māmvāṇi. We shall notice it in more detail further on.