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 CHAP. III. MAMALLAPURAM. 337 The sixth the Gane^a rath situated at a distance of three- quarters of a mile north of the others is represented in the woodcut (No. 194), which, strange to say, is the most nearly finished of any, and gives a fair idea of the form these oblong temples took. Though small, it is a singularly elegant little temple. In plan, its dimensions are 19 ft. by n ft. 3 in., and 28 ft. in height. It is in three storeys w'th very elegant details, and of a form very common afterwards in Dravidian architecture VOL. I. Y