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 364. FURTHER INDIA. BOOK VIII. (Woodcut No. 453). A design with slight modifications is shown in Plate XLIII., representing the Thitsawada temple in Pwazaw (1080). Here the plan is of smaller dimensions, but great height is obtained by grouping the features closer together ; without looking too close at the detail, it is singular how close a resemblance these two views bear to a Spanish or Italian church of the early Renaissance period. There is one other temple which should be mentioned here, viz., the Mahabaudi, built by Nandaungmya Min in 1198 A.D. in imitation of the 454- View of the Temple of Gaudaupalin. (From Yule.) Bodh-Gaya temple in Bengal (ante, vol. i. Woodcut No. 19). The temple is square, having a lofty ground storey, with two or three ranges of windows or niches ; in the centre, but set back to leave a terrace round, is a lofty pyramidal tower in seven storeys, bearing a close resemblance to those of the Bodh-Gaya, but with small dormer windows in the centre of each side ; the tower is crowned with the usual finial and Hti. It is the only example of its kind in Burma, and does not seem to have any influence on subsequent examples. The first thing that strikes the enquirer on examining these temples is their remarkable dissimilarity with anything on the continent of India. They are not stupas in any sense of the term, nor are they viharas. The one building we have hitherto met with which they in any way resemble is the seven-storeyed Prasada at Polonnaruwa (Woodcut No. 137), which, no doubt, belongs to the same class. It was thought that the square