History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s5.48
History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s5.48
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At Aihole, the old Jaina temple known as the Meguti temple, has lost its sikhara, but is one of the oldest shrines in the Dravidian style for which we have a date, since it was completed in the reign of Pulikesin II. by Ravikîrti, a Jain, in a.d. 634-635.² The arrangement shown in the plan, woodcut No. 208, is somewhat peculiar, the shrine being surrounded by eight small rooms, 8 ft. wide, in place of a pradakshina passage.³