The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c12.37

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c12.37

The extreme dimensions of the interior are about 124 feet by 43½ feet. The great nave, or hall of the Sangha, is shown in Pl. XIX. It is 25½ feet wide, and separated from the pradakshinâ path of the laymen by fifteen sculptured pillars on either side, with capitals similar to the two which flank the main entrance, but otherwise differing slightly in symbolism. Their shafts are octagonal, or, in the technical terms of the

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