The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c14.25

c14.25

These two shrines are, like the other Raths at Mâmallapuram, monolithic models. The popular traditional names given to them, Arjûna's and Draupadi's Raths, should be very significant to Indians who study their own history, but convey nothing to Europeans who are misled by arbitrary archæological terms of Western origin. Arjûna was the hero of the Mahâbhârata who won victory for the Pândavas by the