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central twelve original pillars of the Va anaka were replaced by eight new ones in a different style for supporting a new great ceiling of the typical Maru-Gurjara tradition. The extension of the Valanaka were also made duing this time. The history of the Temple thus covers three centuries of building activities... The Main Temple, a fine piece of Maha-Maru architecture, reveals the oldest example of Jaina kind of Trika or mukhamandapa (chatushki). Its rich treasures of Jaina iconography are the earliest so far known in the context of Temple decorations. The Devakulikas themselves are little masterpieces of architecture and demonstrate a further development of the Western style in making; at the same they are illustrative of progress made in Jaina iconography."
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