The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c8.24

v1.c8.24

**Bengali Temple:** No. 13, represents a specimen of the Bengali style, where the cubical body of a northern temple is covered over by four curvilinear sloping roofs in exact imitation of thatch, and the point of junction at the centre surmounted by a miniature representation of the original construction. This structure has no distinct cornice, its place being supplied by the arched ends of the projecting roofs under which ornamentations are produced with great care to represent the ends of the frame work. This style is distinct from that of Benares on the one side, and of Orissa on the other, and hence it is, that it has become necessary to divide into three groups the style which Mr. Fergusson has included under one name.