History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s4.46

v1.c19.s4.46

their sculptures, the lower one merely blocked out; and it is difficult to say how far it was intended to excavate the interior. A cell was excavated to a depth of 5 ft. in the third storey, and it may have been intended to enlarge it. A similar attempt has been made in the second storey, but only to the depth of 4 ft. From there being six pilasters on the outside of the third storey, we may gather that in a structural building its roof would have been supported by thirty-six wooden posts, and in like manner that the second storey would have had sixty-four supports, but, of course, with some of these omitted in the centre. From its extreme irregularity it is not easy to suggest what may