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internal dimensions are 220 ft. by 112 ft.,1 which are respectable,
though not excessive ; they are not much more than those of the
temple of Neminatha at Gimar (Woodcut No. 126), which are 165 ft.
and 105 ft., though that is by no means a large Jaina temple. On
each face is a central cell, larger and higher than the colonnade in
which it is placed (Woodcut jVo. 162), but even then only 30 ft]

102. Central Cell of Court at Marttaiul. (From a drawing by General A. Cunningham.) No Scale.

in height to the summit of the roof, supposing it to be completed,
and the pillars on each side of it are only 9 ft. high, which are
not dimensions to go wild about, though their strongly-impressed
Grecian aspect is certainly curious and interesting.

One of the most remarkable features of the courtyard, though it
is common to all true Kashmiri temples, is thus described by General
Cunningham :—" I have a suspicion also that the whole of the in-
terior of the quadrangle was originally filled with water to a level

1 Cunningham in the 'Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,' Sept. 184S,
]>. 269.