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 CHAP. IV. SINNAR. is in good preservation. 1 The mandap is 21 ft 9 in. square with four highly sculptured pillars and respondent pilasters supporting the roof, which is of somewhat peculiar construction, as indicated in the section (Woodcut No. 344). The central square area is carried up as a dome to a height of 19 ft. richly carved ; and the surrounding aisles have sloping roofs, also Slit @i II 344- Cross-section of Gondervara Temple at Sinnar. Scale 20 ft. to i in. elaborately sculptured, whilst the front and side porches are in keeping with rich carving. The shrine with its .rikhara, as will be seen from the plan and view, have the largest dimension through the centres of the opposite faces, the corners being suppressed by a series of smaller angles crossing them. The spire has then a band carved in fine diaper pattern on each face running up to its summit, and the flanks are ornamented in a way not met with in earlier temples, and differing from both the Northern and the Chalukyan styles. The whole contrasts with the older form illustrated by the surrounding smaller temples (seen in Plate No. XXV.). All the outer walls of the temple are covered 1 The modern Marathi finial placed on the tower may be a rude imitation of the sort of globe that crowned some of the Indo- Aryan temples, e.g., that of Galaga- VOL. II. nath at Pattadakal. (Ante, Woodcut No. 309) ; compare Woodcut No. 345. It has recently been replaced by a finial copied from another similar temple. K