The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c13.52

c13.52

In this particular the Saivaites of the seventh century were probably borrowers or adaptors of Buddhist structural ideas, though Saivaite and Buddhist art as a whole comes from a common Indo-Aryan source. The ground plan (fig. 39) shows the hall, or temple, measuring in the model about 10 feet by 30 feet, which was probably intended to be open on the sides, like the Bharhut prototype.