[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834) › c4.52 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.52 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.52 - **Language:** English ### [c4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.52) The mode of ascertaining the points of the compass by the shadow of a gnomon is extremely simple. “On a smooth level piece of ground is erected a gnomon,” which according to some, “should be of sixteen \*angulas\* in height, and of the same diameter at the bottom; the whole should be shaped like the leaf of an opening bud, tapering gradually from the - [Previous: c4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.51) - [Next: c4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.54) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.52) · Pramāṇa