Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c8.s5.4

c8.s5.4

In the river bed is a temple of modern construction, built, it is said, by Queen Ahalyabāī of Indor, which has come to grief in a curious manner. The whole of the upper part of the temple has tumbled over into the bed of the river *en bloc*, and now lies partly buried in the sand, leaving the lofty platform, upon which it was built, with nothing upon it except the lower courses of the temple plinth. The two styles of construction—the older and the more recent—are well exemplified by these two temples. In the older no mortar was used, the massive blocks