[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [History of Indian and Eastern Architecture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.fergusson-1876) › v1.c19.s5.48 # History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s5.48 History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s5.48 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.fergusson-1876.v1.c19.s5.48) 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 - [Previous: v1.c19.s5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.fergusson-1876.v1.c19.s5.47) - [Next: v1.c19.s5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.fergusson-1876.v1.c19.s5.49) - [Up: v1.c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.fergusson-1876.v1.c19.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Aihole](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.aihole) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.fergusson-1876.v1.c19.s5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.fergusson-1876.v1.c19.s5.48) · Pramāṇa