[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Antiquities of Orissa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875) › v1.c8.1 # The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c8.1 The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c8.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8.1) \[27\] Construction of Orissan Temples. Shape of the original habitation of man. Oldest lithic monuments, rectangular. Indian temples, cubical. Module of Benares temples. Bengali temples. Orissan temples; their projections; steeples; upper chambers; plinths; pinnacles; porches; dancing halls; refectories; court-yards; entrance gates. Materials used in the construction of the temples,—laterite, sandstone, chlorite, granite, gneiss. Mode of building; irregular, horizontal, and cyclopean styles. Mortar; clamps; ghooting or \*kaṅkar\* cement; architraves; beams; wood. - [Previous: v1.c7.388](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c7.388) - [Next: v1.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8.2) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8.1) · Pramāṇa