History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s4.50

v1.c19.s4.50

The want of interiors in these raths makes it sometimes difficult to make this so clear as it might be. We cannot, for instance, tell whether the apsidal rath, called Sahadeva and Nakula’s, to the west of the line of the others, and forming the fifth of the group, was intended to reproduce a chaitya hall or a vihâra like that in Woodcut No. 63. Though small, it is one of the most interesting of the whole; but like the others, it is very unfinished, especially on the east side. Its dimensions are 18 ft. in length—north and south, by 11 ft. across, and about 16 ft. in height. It faces north, on which side there is a small projecting portico (Woodcut No. 193), supported by two pillars, and within is a small empty cell. Externally the back end is apsidal, and so perhaps, if on a larger scale, its interior might have been; as it is, it is too small, and the square form is more convenient in such an apartment.