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middle of the West face stands the gateway, which is somewhat similar 

 in plan to that of Marttand, excepting that the outer porch is only one 

 half as long as the inner one. It is besides not more than 22 feet wide, 

 or two-thirds of the breadth of the building, a proportion much smaller 

 than any of those used in southern India, as detailed by Ram Raz. To 

 the right and left of the gateway there were the same pillars as at 

 Marttand ; but these had 24 fluted sides instead of 20. One of these 

 pillars is still standing, as shown in the view, Plate XIX., but when 

 Moorcroft visited Wantipur in A. D. 1823, there was a pillar on each 

 side of the gateway, for he particularly remarks* that " two masses are 

 each side of the entrance, and each supported by a single pillar, were 

 of an extraordinary size." The large fallen stone to the right of the 

 gateway measures 10 % 5 X 2|- feet, and is probably one of those 

 noticed by Moorcroft. The roof I suppose to have been pyramidal, with 

 projecting pediments similar to that of Marttand. 



5. — In the middle of each of the long sides of the quadrangle there 

 was a porch supported as at Marttand, upon a pair of large fluted pil- 

 lars, of which those on the south are still visible above the ground ; and 

 I presume that there were similar buildings at the four corners, as 

 suggested in the description of Marttand. The peristyle itself consisted 

 of 10 square pillars, disposed in the corners, and on each flank of the 

 side porticos, and of 60 round fluted pillars, which together with the 4 

 large porch pillars, made a total of 74 pillars in the colonnade. An ele- 

 vation of the north-eastern corner of this peristyle is given in Plate 

 XVIII. This is the portion that I excavated, and which, with the ex- 

 ception of the upper row of stones, is just as perfect and fresh-looking 

 as when it was first executed. The general style is similar to that of 

 Marttand, excepting that the bases of the column are almost plain, and 

 that the capitals are without ornament, whilst on the contrary the pedi- 

 mental pilasters of the intervening recesses are highly ornamented. 

 The shafts of the pillars are much more graceful, being somewhat higher 

 in proportion to their breadth : but the beauty thus gained is more than 

 counterbalanced by the large plain bases. Behind each pillar there 

 is a pilaster of the same height, with mouldings exactly similar to those 

 of the square pillar represented on the right hand in Plate XVIII. 



6. — The trefoiled-heads of the intervening recesses are joined to the 

 * Travels, v. 2— -p. 244. 



