The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s7.13

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An ancient type of temple consisting of two super-added buildings is shown on the reverse of Audumbara Copper Coins (Fig. 16, Pl. I of J. N. Banerjea, 'The Development of Hindu Iconography'). The lower part of the structure has a sloped roof, above it is placed a smaller structure which also has a sloped roof. This type of a Śiva temple, of the second to first centuries B.C. in the Panjab, in the superposition of structures, resembled Bengal temple types (Gauriya) of the present day, in Bengal and Orissa. Their roofs are sloped and curvilinear. Buildings of these and similar types preceded, and contributed to, the formation of the superstructure of the temple (Part VI).