Fergusson, James: History of Indian and Eastern architecture (Band 1) (London, 1910)

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defaced (Woodcut No, 202). They are 49 feet high, inclusive
of the trident on the top and of very elegant proportions.1
Their analogy to the lion pillars of the Buddhists (Woodcut
No. 7) and the Chaumukh pillars of the Jains must be at
once recognised, each bearing a symbol of the creed.

In the south of India, among the Jains, as mentioned in a
later chapter, such pillars are very common, usually standing

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Dipclan in Dharwar. (From a Photograph.)

singly in front of the temples, and were apparently intended to
carry quadruple figures of Tirthankaras—known as Chaumukhs.
They generally consist of a single block of granite, square at
base, changing to an octagon, and again to a figure of sixteen

1 There must have been an inscription
just above the base of this one, but it
has long since disappeared. For a fuller
account of Kail&s and its accessories see

‘ The Cave Temples of India,’ pp. 448-
462, and plates 80-84 i and ‘ Archaeo-
logical Survey of Western India,’ vol. v.
pp. 26-37, and plates 1, 4, 24-31.