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 CHAP, III. MAMALLAPURAM, 335 would have been supported by thirty-six wooden posts, and in like manner that the second storey would have had sixty-four supports, but, of course, with some of these omitted in the centre. From its extreme irregularity it is not easy to suggest what may r < j-. A. h < t 4 Bs. ,, ^ ^ i -r~" / ^ r-r~ ** if ---^-"- .-^-.A^-. -r-^-jr_--^- M Section of Dharmaraja Rath (through A.B. fig. 189), with the suggested internal arrangements dotted in. Scale 10 ft. to i in. have been the intended arrangement of the lowest storey ; but, from the wider spacing of the pillars externally, it is evident that in a structural building stone, and not wood, would have been employed. From the arrangement of the exterior we gather that there would have been four free-standing pillars in the centre, as shown in dotted lines in the plan and section (Nos. 189 and 191). It is not clear, however, how many of the