Fergusson, James: History of Indian and Eastern architecture (Band 2) (London, 1910)

Chap. III. BRAHMANICAL ROCK-CUT TEMPLES.

than most examples of its class. The temple itself is a simple

pillared hall, with eight pillars in front,

and possibly had originally a structural

Aikhara built on the upper plateau to mark

the position of the sanctuary (Woodcut

No. 334). The most original part of it,

however, is the Nandi pavilion, which

stands in the courtyard in front of the

temple (Woodcut No. 333).1 It is circular

in plan, and its roof—which is a great slab

of rock—was supported by sixteen square

pillars of very simple form—four within and

twelve in the circumference,—of which four

have now crumbled and fallen. Altogether

it is as appropriate a bit of design as is to

be found in Hindu cave architecture. It

has, however, the defect—only too common

in those Hindu excavations—that, being 334- Temple of Panchai-
1 , 1 1 1 0 ejvara near Poona.

m a pit, it can be looked down upon ; scale 100 ft. to 1 in.

which is a test very few buildings can

stand, and to which none ought to be exposed.2

India,’ vol. iii. p. 50, and plates 33, 34.

2 ‘Cave Temples of India,’ p. 426 and
plate 69.

1 There is a similar temple at Amba

nearMominabad, in the Haidarabad State.
— ‘ Archaeological Survey of Western