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 334 DRAVIDIAN STYLE, BOOK III. soberest and most reasonable version of the Pantheon yet dis- covered, and, consequently, one of the most interesting, as well probably, as the earliest 1 The upper three storeys are entirely finished externally with 190. Elevation of Dharmaraja Rath. Scale 13 ft. to i in. Mr. R. F. Chisholm.) (From a Drawing by their sculptures, the lower one merely blocked out ; and it is difficult to say how far it was intended to excavate the interior. A cell was excavated to a depth of 5 ft. in the third storey, and it may have been intended to enlarge it. A similar attempt has been made in the second storey, but only to the depth of 4 ft. From there being six pilasters on the outside of the third storey, we may gather that in a structural building its roof 1 These figures, properly drawn or photographed, would be almost indispensable for the illustration of Hindu mythology.