that-the summit appeared to « i f an octangular form, tams tang gra-
S f l to the -stones above described, • The same H g of stone appears also
t6 have been placed on the. four .projecting angles of at least the lower part
of elevation above the body pf the building. I saw none that were
fomnlete j but from the detached views I had of g I thmk either nine
or thirteen similar ones were disposed at the various points of the roof.
■ Resides these, the roofs had little 5 the way of decorations to- attract
« B B S a profusion of plain cornices, bands; Abets, or ribbands,
£ m S g a kind of capital to the crest of each stage of the superstructure,
and o n W of them small square pilasters cut in bas-felievo at intervals.
I have already stated, that the small temples, appearedto be
uniform plan, differing however according to 'their situation. The deco.
S B S 8 5 and external, are alike in all;.except that- the^exterio*
S h e s are all variously filled with the endless variety of Hindu mythology.
■ Proceeding inwards from the southern M a , . and reckoning from their
J Z T t h e distances are as. follow to. | § .eitalor line -ofothe outer qua;
drangle twenty feet; tepth 2 tbesedemples, including pobte-sixteen feet i
space from thencertb the text line of temples eleven,.feet* dePlb g g g
second quadrangle .sixteen feet; thence-to the-third quadrangle thirty feet ;
supposed depth .eft this line sixteen, feet-; thence doolie fourth g i g W
tMrty feet ;Pdepth of Itbe fourth quadrangle sixteen feet; thence' to thi
Mh or inner quadrangle thirty feet; depth of! the' inter quadrangle, sixteen
feet - thence to the bottom of the flight" of ;steps leading up to the-grate
teet, . ,. t9ro himdred.and fifteen feet from the centre of
STporters to'the bottom of- the steps. The spaces *et*BU all the temptes SB* same- line are about twelve feet ate a quarter, -but on the^ast and
£ « 3 central avenue is-larger. Between theunner quadrangle and
3 S temple, at-a- distance of five feet M l bottoto step of it,
runs aline of Atone, fourteeninchhs high, and two feet four inches wide.
.We-now'come to the great temple.* You’ascete’feom each o f -^ c a r dinal
points by a flight of fourteen stone-$9 P alj r f f lg b b g ^ ate now
moStfe disjointed or displaced. The length of each flight was about sixteen
f eet to the edge, of the ■ upper step, the breadth eight oyer ^ th®
■ ^ h t about tetefeet, that being the elevation of .the terrace ^ the-tm-
* See plates of -the large temple at BramUmn, and the large temple at Btairthanan rej-
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