History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s4.28

v1.c19.s4.28

The oldest and most interesting group of these monuments are the so-called five "Raths"¹ or monolithic temples standing on the seashore to the south of the other rock excavations. One of these, having an apsidal termination, appears in the centre of the preceding woodcut (No. 185) a little detached from the rest. The other four stand in a line running from north-north-east to south-south-west, and look as if they had been carved out of a single stone or rock, which originally, if that were so, must have been between 35 ft. and 40 ft. high at its southern end, sinking to half that height at its northern extremity, and its width diminishing in like proportion.