History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s4.36

v1.c19.s4.36

It is a little difficult to say how it was intended to have been completed. The centre was occupied by a hall about 9 or 10 ft. wide by 30 ft. open on one or probably both sides, and intended to be closed at both ends. This central hall was surrounded by a verandah measuring 5 ft. 3 in. in the clear on the sides, but only 3 ft. at the ends. There would then have been ten or twelve pillars in the centre and two at each end. One of these is represented in the annexed woodcut (No 188), and they are all of the same pattern, which, in fact, with very slight modifications, is universal at Mâmallapuram. They all have bases representing Vyâlîs or conventional lions, with spreading capitals, and of proportions perfectly suited to a building of the dimensions of this one, if executed in wood.