Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c19.6
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c19.6
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The most characteristic features of the architecture of these palaces is their excessive use of the Pillars. These palaces give an impression of pillared-hall structures, though the employment of the storeys have made them ostentatious buildings. The fifteen varieties of the Rājagṛha with the number of their pillars and storeys together with other characteristics are tabulated in part IV.