The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c13.24
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c13.24
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c13.24
An exceptional form of rock-cut vihâra is the early Buddhist one at Bedsâ, ascribed to the second century B.C., which has its cells placed round a chaitya-house having the usual barrel-vaulted roof and an apse round the chaitya. The plan and section are shown in figs. 34 and 35.