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of intricate carvings in bas-reliefs, columns, and sculptured ornamen-tation. Outside of the main shrine withits steeple, is a quadrangle, or a successionof quadrangles of pillars, one within theother, with lofty gateways and smallershrines that make the massive pile of thetemple most impressive.… … GOPURAM, WESTERN FACE, MADURA June, 1928 AUCHITLCT AND ENCINEER. 4? circular dome. In Tanjore there is a famoustemple of this type that dates from thetenth century. Most of the temples, how-ever, are of a later date, as stone was notintroduced into India until the reign ofAsoka (214-237 B. C.) and…
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