History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s4.49

v1.c19.s4.49

¹ Among the remains found at Bharaut is a bas-relief representing a building so exactly like the long rath here, that there can be no doubt that such buildings were used in the north of India two centuries at least before Christ, but to what purpose they were applied is not so clear. The one at Bharaut seems to have contained the thrones or altars of the four last Buddhas.