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The Structural Temples of Gujarat and sizes, a characteristic example is the Chaumukha temple of Ādinātha, built in A. D. 1618, but on the site of much earlier structure. This temple shows how the builders put into effect the plan of the fourfaced shrine. The cell is provided with the four exquisite entrances, the east being connected with the assembly hall in the front and the three others openings have porches leading into surrounding courtyard.
The Neminätha temple, the other famous temple city on Girnar, bears an inscription indicating that it was restored in the 13th century and is probably not very different in its general appearance from what it was when first built a century before. Standing within a quadrangular courtyard, it is surrounded by a range of pillared cloisters containing over seventy cells. The other famous temple in the group of Girnar temples is the Triple temple of Vastupāla-Tejapāla. The principal Sanctuary contains the image of Mallinātha. the 19th Tirthankara and the side chambers contain monuments of solid masonary, called 'Sumeru' and 'Sameta śikhara '.13 (iv) Temples of Madhya Pradesh (A. D. 950-1050 )
The group of Hindu and Jain temples at the old Chandela capital Khajuraho (Chhatarpur, central India ) are second in importance and magnificance to the Orissan temples. They were built between 950 and 1050 A. D. The individual characteristics of this group of temple are: (1) Khajuraho temples, instead of being contained within the customary enclosure wall stand on a high and solid terrace. These temples may be classed as Jagati-Prāsādas in the terminology of Silpa texts like Samrāngana Sūtradhāra etc. Further on the broad platform i. e. terrace temples are erected not as a cojoined building, as in the case of Orissan temples but as a unified structure. (2) These temples are of not a great size, the largest is only thirty meters nearly, but consist of elegant proportions, graceful contours and rich surface treatment. (3) These temples are notable for their
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