Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c30.4

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Special characteristics of these Temples are firstly their superstructures being devoid of Śikharas, (the most common characteristics of the later phases of temple architecture) and their roofs being of the Chhādya variety, and secondly, these are hall temples with excessive application of the pillars, built in the material of wood with so many other wooden joineries. The temples are an illustration of the initial stage of development of temple architecture in India when the employment of wood was the rule of the day (cf. the wooden origin of the Indian Architecture).