History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s5.4

v2.c24.s5.4

The other, built by Vimala, a minister or governor under Bhîmadeva, in the year A.D. 1031,² is simpler and bolder, though still as elaborate as good taste would allow in any purely architectural object. Being one of the oldest as well as one of the most complete examples of a Jaina temple, its peculiarities form a convenient introduction to the style, and among other things serve to illustrate how complete and perfect it had already become when we first meet with it in India.