The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 72
the dis-tribution of the buildings or in their decorative treat-ment. Indeed, the gate pyramids are made so largeand striking that they eliminate all dignity and im-portance from the pagodas, which contain the holyshrines; while every fragment of surface is so fretted TEMPLES TIRUVALUR AND… … Fig. iS.—Temple at Tiruvalur. from the essay of Ram Raz, the Hindu archaeologist)appears in Fig. 18. Before leaving the Dravidian style the rock-cuttemples claim attention. At Mahavellipore stands a collection of buildingswhich hold a sort of artistic transitional relation be-tween the Buddhist…
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