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ble to assign to each shrine, its due proportion of columns and roof 

 finials. I think, however, an effort was made to construct here one 

 temple, in a more elaborate style of decoration, than any that had 

 yet been attempted, and this temple I will endeavour to put 

 together. 



In plate IV. figures 1 and 2, and in plate V. I have given repre- 

 sentations of the three most beautiful of the Tezpore sculptures. 

 From adaptation, by measurement, and exact correspondence of 

 ornamental borders, I find that figure I of plate IV. is the episty- 

 lum, which was supported, on two such pillars, as that represented 

 in plate V. and these pillars had for their bases, the compartments 

 of the stone, with the lines and urns, represented in figure 2 of 

 plate IY. which contains the dancing girls and musicians. 



A stone similar to this, I found, in situ, in another temple, as 

 already noted ; and I have no hesitation in placing these four in 

 an analogous position. 



They surrounded the entrance to the adytum, of the great temple 

 of Pura, and by taking the largest slab of those described as the 

 pavement of shrines, for our purpose, we find, that this adytum, 

 which contained the object of worship, was 12 feet square inside. 

 Externally, this shrine must have been covered by a dome, similar 

 to the one described (ante p. 11) in the notice of the Singori temple, 

 springing from a base octagon in the plan, thirty feet in diameter, 

 and twice that in height ; the whole basement of this dome was 

 very floridly ornamented, with cornices of Satyr heads, and headings 

 in festoons, (vide figure 2, plate VI.) and other mouldings, and had 

 also, on three sides, the niches as described for the Singori temple. 



The vestibule, exteriorly and interiorly, was as highly decorated 

 as the shrine itself. The capitals of nine pillars and pilasters were 

 found by Captain W. In the spot I have selected for its site, I 

 have no hesitation in saying, there must have been more ; and 

 supported by these pillars and pilasters, the vestibule was covered 

 and adorned, with certainly not less than nine, but probably, twelve 

 pyramids, externally supporting urns and other ornaments, and 

 internally, presenting the conical roofs of ornamented circles, as 

 seen at Singori and elsewhere. In plate VIII. I have attempted 

 a perspective sketch of the internal appearance of such a temple 



