The Age of the Imperial Guptas c9.113

c9.113

The first and the fifth bands are continued partly or wholly over the lintel. The second band turns into a row of flying figures as at Bhumra and the fifth band ends with the lintel, its continuation being a modified acanthus leaf pattern as at Bhumra.¹ At Nachna Kuthara the false projection of the lintel over the sides of the jambs contain two female figures with a single gaṇa² and not a pair as at Bhumra. The door-frame of the Daśāvatāra temple is exactly of a similar type. The points of resemblance are :—