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The Structural Temples of Gujarat (ii) The several variations either by additions or substractions in aņdakas, doors, flats (storeyes) etc. will give rise to manifold variations. The temple may have 1 to 100 andakas, 1 to 4 doors, 1 to 12 flats (as seen in the temples of Southern India ); the arrangement of pillars in the maņdapa and in the portico may give altogether a different veriety from one another. The extant temples are illustrative of this remark also.
In view of the above determinants of sub-types one can see the gradual progress that is attained by the extant temples of Gujarat.
The temples at Sunak, Kanoda, Delmal and Kasara, Sander Ruhavi, Dhinoja, Parabadi, Harasiddh (Old), Miyani (Nilkantha) etc., are all small edifices of comparatively simple parts consisting of a shrine with either a maņdapa, or a porch or both in front. In plan they display the projectional and sculptural details with all the characteristic copiousness of the style. The open mandapa and the porch are covered with dwarf walls, above which rest sloping seats leaning outwordly. The superstructures above the garbhagļihas follow the prescribed rules for a profile. The basement and mandovara mouldings with slight changes give unity to the general perspective of the temple. These temples are ascribed to the 10th Cent. A D.
The Navalakha temples at Ghumli and Sejakpur, the sun temple at Modhera, the Vimalavasahi at Mt. Abu, even comprising all the necessary elements of the former group are larger and are more sublime in conception and complicated in architectural details. In these temples the art of temple architecture of Caulukyan period attained its supreme expression. The sun temple at Modhera ranks as the superb example in this group. These temples belong to the 11th Cent.
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