A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c21.45
A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c21.45
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c21.45
The śikhara or pyramidal tower over the sanctum is generally curvilinear in shape in Northern India, but in the far South it rises by square terraces of diminishing size. In the Deccan both styles were used. There was even a tendency, at times, to combine the features of the two styles. The śikhara of the Durgā temple, perhaps a later addition, is of the Northern variety.