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The Structural Temples of Gujarat As it now stands, it consists of the shrine and an open hall or Maņdapa with an entrance porch before it, facing the east. 17
The Sikhara is fortunately complete to the finial and the roof of the mandapa together with the porch are also intact. 18 It is thus a fairly complete example of this style.
The roof of the hall is supported by sixteen columns or a square of twelve flanked on the north and south sides by two additional pillars in projecting bays. And here, as to Kanoda and other small sized temples in Gujarat, the arrangement of the eight inner pillars, in order to give sufficiently wide central openings on the four sides, is not such as to yeild a regular octagon; for in this case, the middle openings would be only 1-3 ms. To get over this, the width of the mandapa over the pillars is divided in to 5 parts, one of which is the distance between centres of the corner pillar, and the next on the adjoining sides of the square; thus, if the extreme dimension over the corner pillars be-as in this case-4.1 ms. and the diameter of the pillars about 0-3 m. the distance between centers of the middle pairs on each of the sides the opening will give a clear passage of 2 ms: the sides of the octagon thus formed by the lintels will then be as 7.5 to 4.8-those across the corners of the square being the shorter. To reduce this to a regular figure for the dome, a second architrave or frieze has to be placed over the first, projecting more over the corner lintels than over the side ones. If the first lintels were all
grounds assigns it to a period ateriar to Karna's reign. (A.D. 1066-94) (COI p. 381 ). Similarly Shri S. K. Sarswati is also in favour of ascribing it to an earlier date (S. E. pp. 592 & 593). Shri M. A. Dhaky agrees with the view of Dr. H. D. Sankalia and ascribes to it the more precise date namely the latter half of the 11th century and thus assigns it (CSTG, p. 40 ) to Karna's reign (1066-94 A. D.). 17. AANG. P. 103. 18. AANG. Pls. LXXXI & LXXXIII. Here Figs. 55. 56, 57, 58 & 220
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