The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c13.12
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c13.12
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c13.12
An ordinary wandering friar in ancient India carried his hut with him in the shape of a palm-leaf umbrella (*chhattra*), as the sâdhu of the present day does (fig. 32). The umbrella placed over a Buddhist chaitya was a mark of royalty in a double sense, as belonging both to the insignia of the Kshatriya Prince Siddhartha of Kapilavastu, and to that of the spiritual Lord, the Monk of Bodh-Gayâ.