[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.s15 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s15: A Gópura Consisting of Six Stories Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s15 - **Language:** English ### A Gópura Consisting of Six Stories ### [c4.s15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s15.1) (See Plate XL.) ### [c4.s15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s15.2) “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 ### [c4.s15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s15.3) 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." --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s15) · Pramāṇa