History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s10.2

v2.c24.s10.2

Were it not for this, the Arhai-dîn-ka Jhomprâ, at Ajmîr—so called—might be, and has been, described as a Jaina temple:¹ it was probably built on the site and with the materials of Brahmanical ones. So might a great part of the mosque at the Qutb, near Delhi. That at Kanauj, however, was originally a rearrangement, and has been much altered since I knew it; that at Dhâr, near Mandû, is of comparatively recent date; while the Hindû and Jaina pillars, so frequently used at Ahmadâbâd in the fifteenth century, are all imported, and used in positions for which they never were intended.