The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c19.59
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c19.59
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them. Within the outer courts numbers of subsidiary shrines, bathing tanks, and "halls of a thousand pillars," representing the parks or groves of the Indo-Aryan village, were built to provide for the vast crowds of pilgrims which congregate there at the time of great festivals, while numerous bazaars supply them with food and other necessaries.