Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s13: A Dwárasála Consisting of Two Stories

c4.s13.1

“The height of the principal pillars of the gate, which should be three-quarters of the breadth of the ground-plan, being divided into three and three-quarters parts, three-quarters to be given to the pedestal, one to the base, two to the pillars, and one to the entablature. The height of the pillars in the second story is one-eighth less than that of the pillars in the first or lower story, half of which is given to the entablature, half of that to the upper base, twice that to the cavetto above, twice that to the cupola, which should be surmounted by five pinnacles equal in height to half of the cupola.”