The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 68
me rule laid down in the sacred books; for allHindu architecture is guided by certain canons ofart which are believed to have been handed downfrom the eight sons of Visvarkarma, the heavenlyarchitect. The vimana, with its porch, is usually surroundedby one or more cloistered colonnades, and the… … Plate IV.—A gopura or gate pyramid. 46 INDIA, IXDO-CHIXA, AND JAVA. feature of the whole. The bases of these Indianarcs de triomphe are invariably oblong in plan, andlike the vimanas support brick and stucco pyramids,originally intended as fortifications over the door,but so incrusted are they with…
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