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APPENDIX IV · Extracts from some Opinions on the Art of Delvāda.
Shrines.
I
"It was nearly noon when I cleared the pass of Shitala Mātā and as the bluff head of Mount Abu opened upon me, my heart beat with Joy, as with the sage of Syracuse I exclaimed “Eureka !". :.:." The design and execution of this shrine and all its' accessories are on the model of the preceding, which however, as a whole, it surpasses. It has more simple majesty, the Aluted columns sustaining the Maņdapa (Portico ) are lofti er and the vaulted interior is fully equal to the other in richness of sculpture and superior to it.in execution, which is more free and in finer taste.... .... .....
1". The dome in the centre is the most striking feature and a magnificent piece of work, and has a pendent, cylindrical in form and about three feet in length, that a perfect gem, and which where it drops from the ceiling appears like a cluster of the half-disclosed Lotus, whose cups are so thin, so transparent, and so accurately wrought, that it fixes the eyes in admiration."
-COLONEL TOD.
II
“Amongst all this lavish display from the sculptor's chisel, two Temples, viz., those of Adinath and Neminath, stand out as pre-eminent and specially deserving of notice and praise, both being entirely of white marble and carved with all the delicacy and richness of ornaments which the resources of Indian art at the time of their creation could devise. The amount of ornamental detail spread over these structures in the minutely carved decoration of ceilings, doorways,
