146 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (May, 1909. 
Kalna (108+1) dated 1809 A.D.. grouped in an outer and an 
inner circle, both built by Bardwain Raj family. These duplica- 
tions are so much evidence of degeneracy in the style, the in- 
dividual temples showing no peculiarities. 
Ras-majica, outside Visnupur fort, is rather peculiar. 
Peculiar Temples. : 
ndahs, with ten arched openings 
(pointed) on each side. Its roof lies broken and is partly gone. 
o judge from the remains, the nearly straight roof had on its 
top in the centre a tall duplicate (? a pyramidal tower), and on 
the edges of each side six small duplicates. The Mallesvara in 
Visnupur town, 928 Mallabda (1622-3 A.D.) has lost its roof. 
It can hardly be called a temple of the Bengali style, as the 
base of the roof is straight and the body has no arched 
verandah, but has on the other hand a plinth and a cubical 
shape like Orissan temples. The doorway has, however, a 
B. Bungalow-Roofs. . : Rie : 
Spired. sloping sides ending in a ridge. 
existing temples the triangular roofs 
are doubled, the ends looking like a big JYf, and the buildings 
1 Ar. Sur. East-Circle, 1905-6 : : 
z : , p. 12, para 6. For Sher Shah’s tomb, 
see Hist. Ind. Arch., p- 517, woodcut, No. 988, 
® See figure 9 for this old temple. 
8 Elliot, vol. vii, p. 31. 
