Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.46

v1.c55.46

Now without entering into the further details of the architecture of these Palaces (reserved for part V), it is necessary to introduce the main elements of this class of Palace architecture. It is a composite architecture in which house-architecture and temple architecture together with Hall architecture (vide 'Sabhā', the Council Hall) have all played their part. The most predominant of a Śālā-house, as we shall presently see, is the abundant application of the corridors (Alindas) and porticos (Bhadrās) together with the Central halls—the śālās. This characteristic has been fully preserved here. The tabulation (appended) of these palaces with their main characteristics of Alindas and Bhadrās may be compared. We have indicated the unbroken tradition of the courts in a palace. These Alindas, numbering as many as four in practically all the types of the palaces treated by the S. S. presuppose an open courtyard (vide Commentary on Bṛhatsaṁhitā:—