The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c14.24

c14.24

I have mentioned above that pairs of temples with an antithetical or complementary significance, like the dhwaja-stambhas at the gateways of stûpas, were often built side by side in India, as they were near Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh. Mâmallapuram furnishes one instance (Pl. XXVI), which is interesting as it gives a clue to the derivation of the most usual method of constructing a sikhara, *i.e.* with stone ribs built up in short sections and tied together at regular intervals by through horizontal courses of masonry.