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 126 BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE. BOOK I. surrounded the apse could be lighted from the exterior, the apse was carried up solid. In all the caves the pillars sur- rounding the dagaba are of different form and plainer than those of the nave. They are, in fact, kept as subdued as possible, as if it was thought they had no business there, but were necessary to admit light into the circumambient aisle of the apse. The discovery of two old structural chaityas enables us now to realise the formation of their roofs. One of these, at Ter in the Naldrug district of Haidarabad, 1 has been appropriated to Vaishnava worship, and to some extent altered, [>ian = of chait a but its arrangements will be understood from the Hail, Sanchi. accompanying view and plan (Woodcuts Nos. 48 Scale 3 ft> to T '" and 49). The mandap on the east may possibly have been an addition,butifso,ofanearly date, as the mouldings and pilasters testify. The doors of this and of the shrine have been altered : that on the north side has been cut out, and the partition wall across the apse added, 4 8. Ancient Buddhist Chaitya at Ter. (From a photograph by H, Cousens,) fully laid in a cement of clay. 49. Plan of Ancient Buddhist Chaitya at Ter. Scale 50 ft. to i in. (From a Plan by H. Cousens.) whilst the dagaba pro- bably of marble has been removed to make room for two Vaishnava images. The shrine or chaitya is wholly built of bricks of large size, measuring 17 in. by 9, and 3 in. thick, care- This apartment measures 26 ft. 1 Ter was indentified by Dr. Fleet as the site of the ancient Tagara ( ' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society,' 1901, pp. 537ff.); and, led by this, Mr. H. Cousens visited the place in November 1901, and discovered this interesting monument. The plan (Illustration No. 49) and the substance of this account is based on his paper in the ' Archaeological Survey Annual, 1902-03,' pp. I95f.