[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.c31.64 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c31.64 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c31.64 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c31.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.64) Some medieval temples of Western India had a complex type of śikhara, clustered by a number of aṅgaśikharas (subsidiary spires) whose minimum number was four and which increased by a successive addition of four numbers. The Samarāṅgaṇa-sūtradhāra and the Aparājita describe a variety of Meru edifice with a hundred subsidiary spires while the former text discusses a variety with as many as 256 subsidiary spires. - [Previous: v1.c31.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.63) - [Next: v1.c31.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.65) - [Up: v1.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31) ## Cites (2) - [Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.samaranganasutradhara) — Bhoja, Sanskrit - [Aparājitapṛcchā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.marugurjara.aparajitaprccha) — Bhuvanadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c31.64) · Pramāṇa