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Notes on some of (he Temples of Kashmir. 



[No. 2, 



The basement of the wall is 2^ feet thick, projecting on the inside one 

 foot beyond the wall itself. The height of the basement is 10 inches. 



(Soffits of entrance arch of Temple. Marttand.) 



The sloping walls, flanking the steps leading from the entrance, are 

 Z| feet thick. The surrounding walls and the entrance are in much 

 better preservation than the temple itself. The entrance has a round 

 top Hike those of the arched recesses in the rectangular panels*), whereas 

 the doorway of the temple is narrow and pointed. For these and other 

 reasons, I believe the surrounding wall and the steps to be much more 

 recent in date than the temple. 



* See Cunningham, p. 250, para. 8. 



