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Description: | Photograph of the ruined colonnades at Mehekar, taken by Robert Gill in 1871 and described (by Gill) in Cousens, Central Provinces list (1897), p. 80, 'All that a few years ago represented the once fine temple of Mehkar was a picturesque ruin of standing columns and lintels, situated upon a very high basement or platform. The columns, judging from photographs, were of an old type and rather neat in design, and decorated with large lozenge-shaped ornament, conventional eaves, and bands of geese. These have now all disappeared.' The pillars are combined with horizontal stone lintels to provide support for the roof, a method of construction typical of temple design. The temple was also accompanied by residential buildings built to house visiting pilgrims to the site. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Gill, Robert | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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