1866.] Notes on some of the Temples of Kashmir. 101 



all the sides. I could not find out how far the porches project beyond 

 the walls, owing to the plaster ; but the one on the river side (where 

 the door is) projects 3 feet beyond the small pilasters which support 

 the doorway pediment. 



The intervening spaces between the sides of the porches and the 

 corner pilasters are filled in with mortar. 



The small pediment of the doorway within the trefoiled arch is 

 like that of the cave temple,* but is supported on independent 

 pilasters of its own. The porches are 11 feet one inch wide. 



To the west of the temple above described, also on the bank of 

 the river, are the remains of a smaller temple of the same kind. Its 

 interior is a square of 7 feet, with a roof like that of the smaller 

 temple at Lidar.f Below the roof is a cornice of three square edged 

 fillets, like those of both courses of. the ceiling. 



The building has, I think, had no corner pilasters. It has porches 

 on all four sides, 5 inches projected. The only opening is on the north 

 side : the other porches containing closed doorways, which, like the 

 porch pediments, are an exact copy of those of the cave temple. J 

 The exterior of the roof has been destroyed. 



Temples near Wang at. 



About 3 miles above "Wangat, on the right bank of the river 

 Kanknai, are two groups of temples of all sizes, more or less in 

 a state of ruin. 



The first group, viz., that nearest to Wangat, consists of six tem- 

 ples^ with a gateway and an enclosing wall. (See woodcut, p. 102.) 

 The ground plan of the principal building is a square of 25 feet, with 

 pilasters at the corners 3| feet in thickness, and having a projection 

 of two inches beyond the temple walls. There are four porches 14J 

 feet wide, with a projection of 2-f feet beyond the corner pilasters. On 

 two sides they contain closed doorways, the recesses of which (like 

 those at Pathan||) once held linga, whose pedestals are still in their 

 places. 



The porches were all surmounted by pediments of high pitch, covering 

 trefoiled arches, which rest on \ engaged square pilasters. Over each 



* See Cunningham, plate X. f See ante, page 99. % See Cunningham, plate X. 

 § See Cunningham, p. 273, para. 31. || See Cunningham, p. 283, para, 1. 



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