The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c19.36

c19.36

rough stones or of bricks. When it fell into ruin, another one, still small in size but of better material and construction, was built in place of it. The magnificent pile of the eighth century was the casket of sculptured stone which enclosed one of the earlier shrines, leaving a path for the pradakshinâ rite all round it.