History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s12.11

v1.c19.s12.11

the hall is 333 ft. long by 105 ft. in width, measured on the stylobate, and consists of four ranges of columns, all of which are different, and all most elaborately sculptured. An elevation of one is given (Woodcut No. 227), but is not so rich as those of the centre, which have life-sized figures attached to them, and are even more elaborate in their details. In this instance it will be observed that the detached bracketing shaft at Chidambaram has become attached to the square central pier, and instead of the light elegance that characterised that example, has become a solid pier, 5 or 6 ft. in depth — richer certainly, but far from being either so elegant or so appropriate as the earlier example.