[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997) › v1.c31.5 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c31.5 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c31.5 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.5) The canonically prescribed structural parts with fixed proportions of the basal architectural members and their constituents have a spread out group of mouldings which grip the ground or the platform terrace and provide a firm base for the superstructure including the wall and the spire. The wall upto the waist rises almost vertically while the supervening \*śikhara\* shows a pyramidal or conical outline gradually diminishing to a point constituting the finial. Thus the temple structure has a built-in stability with a sprawling, broad base, a vertical wall and a superstructure tapering to a point. - [Previous: v1.c31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.4) - [Next: v1.c31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.6) - [Up: v1.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.5) · Pramāṇa