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Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s6.2

Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s6.2

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c4.s6.2

"The height is twice the breadth, and being divided into forty-eight parts, four are given to the base, eight to the pillar, four to the entablature, seven and a-half to the pillar above, three and a-half to the entablature, seven to the pillars, three to the entablature, one to the upper base, two to the *cant'ha*, six to the cupola, and two to the pinnacle."