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 144 NORTHERN OR INDO-ARYAN STYLE. BOOK VI. A fairly representative example occurs in the temple of Gonde^vara at Sinnar, about 18 miles from Nasik. The plan, (Woodcut No. 343), and the view, Plate XXV., will illustrate the 343- Temple of Gonde^vara at Sinnar, Scale 100 ft. to i in. arrangement and style of the temple, which belongs probably to the early part of the I2th century. About the nth century a Yadava dynasty of petty kings seems to have ruled over the present Nasik district, and possibly had a seat here. 1 To them the erection of this temple is ascribed. It stands, outside the town, in a walled enclosure measuring inside 284 ft. from north to south by 314 ft. from east to west, with entrance gateways on the east and south. It is placed on a raised platform, 124 ft. by 94 ft., with the Nandi pavilion in front and four small shrines at the corners. 2 Except the crowning members of the jikhara, and the porches, the temple 1 ' Indian Antiquary,' vol. xii. pp. 119-129; 'Epigraphia Indica,' vol. ii.,pp. 217, 225 ; and vol. vii., Appendix, p. 59. 2 This arrangement is called a '5aiva- Panchayatana' ; the small shrine on the north-west is dedicated to Gane^a, that on the north-east to Narayana, that on the south-east to Surya, and on the south-west to Parvati or Mahishasuri- mardani.