[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.c8.40 # The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c8.40 The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c8.40 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8.40) \*\*Porch :\*\* Allusion has already been made to the porch in its simplest form, consisting of two pilasters sustaining a projecting weather-moulding. The transitions from pilasters to detached pillars, and from a simple moulding to an architrave and cornice, appear to have taken place at an early date; for this arrangement is observable in some of the oldest and least pretending edifices. Occasionally, but rarely, the pillars were placed in a recess made for the purpose in the wall, and it gave to the front somewhat the appearance of what in Grecian temples is called \*in antis e’n parastádi\*. - [Previous: v1.c8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8.39) - [Next: v1.c8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8.41) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.mitra-1875.v1.c8.40) · Pramāṇa