Structural Temples of Gujarat

SR No.: 006728
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kantilal F Sompura
Publisher: Gujarat University Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 868
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 31 MB

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Structural Temples of the Caulukyan Period
147 inscription that seeing the temple of Siva in a ruined state Ganda Bhāva Brihaspati said to the king to repair the temple of God. 137 Kumārapala entrusted the work of restoration to Bhāva Brihaspati. The temple was made like the Mt. Kailāśa 138
Shri Thapar Supposes that this structure may have been a Sürya Temple, as Prabhas was famous for Sun-worship according to the Puranic legends. As regards the date of the structure the presence of Polished-Red-Ware in its levels indicate that the structure belonged to the early centuries of the christian Era (But it is not possible to fix a more precise period, as the period of this pottery ranges from the 1st to the 6th A. D.)
With the represent resurrection of the new Somanatha temple its old glory has vanquished. temples. The water-outlet of the previous phase continued to be in use till about 3rd quarter of 15th cent., when a new outlet (C) was constructed. The latter remained in use till c. 1700 A. D., when the temple was converted into a mosque.
The presence of many sculptured stones in the fundation filling of the Temple of phase 1 indicate the existence of a still earlier structure at the site. This is coroborated by certain other remains too. In the present state of our knowledge it is difficult to ascertain the precise nature and the date of this structure,
(Somanath the shrine Eternal' pp. 79-90). गंडो भाव बृहस्पतिः स्मररिपोरुवीक्ष्य । देवालयं जीर्ण भूपतिमाह देवसदनं प्रोद्धर्तुमेतद्वचः ।
BPSI. Inscri. Lines 14-15. 138. प्रासादं वदनारयात् स्मरिपोः कैलास शैलोपमं ।
137.
सौवणे सोमराजो रजतमयमथो रावणोदार वीर्यः कृष्ण श्री भीमदेवो रुचितरमहापावभी रत्नकूटं तं कालाज्जीर्णमेष ज्ञितिपतिनिलको मेरुसंज्ञं चकार प्रासादं सप्रभाष सकल गुणं निधेगडसवैश्वरस्य ॥ १५ ॥
BPSI. Inseri. Lines. 18-21.