History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s8.36

v2.c24.s8.36

Yet we must not forget that the Hindûs also have shown that they could, and did frequently employ the dome very successfully. Among examples of their use of it few are more pleasing than the little temple at Amwâ or Amvâr, near Ajantâ (Woodcut No. 294). It is only a fragment. The sanctuary with its spire are gone, only the portico remaining; and its roof externally is so ruined, that its design can with difficulty be made out. Yet it stands so well on its stylobate, and the thirty small columns that support the roof externally are so well proportioned and so artistically arranged, as to leave little to be desired.