The Age of the Imperial Guptas c8.63

c8.63

In its front facade the entrance to the sanctum is fitted with a door-frame of the same style as those at Bhumra and Nachna Kuthara. We find the same divine figures, larger in number, at the bottoms of the door-jambs, which consist of more than one upright; the continuation of some of the arabesques and superimposed panels on the lintel, the false extension of the sides of the lintel to give an idea of massivity and finally the addition of a large boss in the centre of the lower part of the lintel bearing a fine bas-relief. In the *Śiva* temple at Bhumra this boss bears in relief a fine bust of *Śiva*, the place of which is taken in the Daśāvatāra temple by a small figure of Nārāyaṇa.