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 410 DRAVIDIAN STYLE. BOOK III. that they were carved for the construction of a shrine rather than for the enclosure wall, into the upper courses of which they are now built in an irregular way. From the plan (Woodcut No. 239), it may be inferred that when this wall was erected the court was considerably enlarged to the north and west. The temples inside are all mean and insignificant, and, though older than the outer enclosure, they are not of earlier date than the i6th century, and probably represent the shrines hurriedly restored after some raid of iconoclastic Muhammadans. 1 The court is partly occupied by rows of corridors for the accommodation of pilgrims ; but most of the buildings are in a state of decay and ruin. 1 So late as 1855 a band of Rohillas crossed from the Haidarabad territory and robbed the temple of jewels valued at Rs. 20,000, dug up the floors of the shrines, and destroyed the ancient images.