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 362 FURTHER INDIA. BOOK VIII. less height give scale to the two lower ones ; only a portion of the jikhara remains. Next in importance to the Ananda is the Thatpyinnyu, " the Omniscient," erected about the year 1144 by Alaungsithu, 1 the grandson of Anaurahta. It is very similar to the Ananda in dimensions and plan, except that it has only one great vesti- bule instead of four, and only one corridor on the ground storey, the centre portion being solid brick- work. The height of the temple is 201 ft, the highest in Pagan. The additional height in this temple, as also in that of the Gaudaupalin and Tsulamani (the Sembyo Koo of Yule) temples, both built by Narapati- sithu in 1 1 86 and 1196 respectively, arises from an important change in the design. The third storey is raised to a height almost equal to that of the ground storey, and in the Thatpyinnyu temple, as shown in the section (Woodcut No. 453), contains a central cell and a corridor round. To this upper storey there are porches on each side, and on the entrance front a vestibule as well. The access by flights of steps to this is shown in the section taken from Yule, and horizontal terraces exist in place of the ogee roofs of the Ananda and Dhammayangyi temples. A similar access by external flights of steps opposite the porch existed on one of the sides of the Tsulamani, but not in the illustra- tion (Plate XLIL), where the ramps have more the appear- ance of flying buttresses. This view suggests in its effect a resemblance to the portal of a French cathedral, and it gives some idea of the rich decoration employed. The three planes, or orders, as they are technically called, of the pointed arch recall the European subordination of arches, but the complicated assemblage of arched forms above in the gable end, all built in brick covered with stucco, show how this material lends itself to 1 Alaungsithu, or Alungtsithm, reigned j caused the temple of Bodh-Gaya to be from 1085 till 1160. He restored Letya- i restored in 1105. Ante, vol. i. p. 78. mengnan to the throne of Arakan and ' 452. Plan of Thatpyinnyu. (From Yule.) Scale 100 ft. to i in.