Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s15: A Gópura Consisting of Six Stories
Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s15
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A Gópura Consisting of Six Stories
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(See Plate XL.)
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“The height of the gate-pillars, which is three-quarters of the breadth of the ground-plan, being divided into four and a-half parts, one and a-half
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to be given to the pedestal, one to the base, and two to the pillars; and the upper part of the pyramid, which is equal in height to the breadth of the ground-plan, being divided into twenty-nine parts, two are to be given to the entablature of the first story; four to the pillar, one and three-quarters to the entablature of the second; three and a-half to the pillar, one and three-quarters to the entablature of the third; three to the pillar, one and a-half to the entablature of the fourth; two and a-half to the pillar, one and a-half to the entablature of the fifth; two to the pillar, one to the entablature of the sixth; one to the cavetto, two and a-half to the dome, and one and a-half to the pinnacle."