History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s2.24

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walls is treated in a way suggesting direct descent from the Mâmallapuram pagodas. To provide an upper shrine, which is a feature in most of the larger Jaina temples, the first storey of the tower had to be made a distinct feature, and with a projecting front or entrance. This temple has an outer open hall or mandapa, having extensions on each side, with an inner hall about 20½ ft. square inside, and a door on the south side as well as the entrance from the open mandap. It is difficult from a photograph alone to fix its age, but probably it belongs to the earlier half or middle of the 10th century.