Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c8.s2.3

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with high mud walls and lofty bastions, as was usual in the Dakhan, within which was a citadel similarly fortified. The crumbling walls of these enclosures, with the foundations of mud and rubble-built houses, still exist. One of the walls runs along east and west by the side of the principal temple, that of Maheśvara, and is built on to it on either side; this makes the temple itself, which is upon high ground, part of the wall, the north face being within, while the south face is without the fort. Opposite this, on the south, and separated from it by a broad passage, is another small fortified enclosure in which is a small ruined temple with an inscription over its doorway. Besides these, there are two other small ruined shrines, which, like them, have been included within the fort wall on its east side. These are a few hundred yards to the east and north-east, respectively, of the first temple, one being Brahmanical and the other Jaina. With the temple of Āi Bhavānī, up the valley, these are all the remains visible of the more ancient city of Pāṭṇā.