 The interior must have been as imposing as the exterior. On ascending the flight of steps, now covered by ruins, the votary of the sun entered a highly decorated chamber, with a doorway on each side covered by a pediment, with a trefoil-headed niche...  Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet - Page 357by William Henry Knight - 1863 - 385 pagesFull view - About this book
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...equally imposing. On ascending the flight of steps the votary of the Sun entered a highly decorated chamber, with a doorway on each side covered by a pediment, with a trefoiled headed niche containing a bust of the Hindu triad. This representation was PLATE, xvi. itself... | |
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...equally imposing. On ascending the flight of steps the votary of the Sun entered a highly decorated chamber, with a doorway on each side covered by a pediment, with a trefoiled headed niche containing a bust of the Hindu triad. This representation was PLATE, xvi. itself... | |
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...the Kashmerian architecture. KUINED QUADRANGLE OF MARTTAND. " Within, the chamber had a doorway at each side, covered by a pediment with a trefoil-headed niche, containing a bust of the Hindu triad. " This representation was itself only another symbol of the Sun, who was Brahma, or the Creator, at... | |
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...ascending the flight of steps, now covered by ruins, the votary of the sun entered a highly decorated chamber, with a doorway on each side covered by a...trefoil niches, each of which held a statue of a Hindu deity. The interior decorations of the roof can only be conjecturally determined, as there do not appear... | |
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...exterior. On ascending the flight of steps, now covered by ruins, the votary entered a highly decorated chamber, with a doorway on each side covered by a...trefoil niches, each of which held a statue of a Hindu deity. The interior decorations of the roof can only be determined conjecturally, as there do not appear... | |
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...ascending the flight of steps now covered by the ruins, the votary of the Sun entered a highly decorated chamber with a doorway on each side covered by a pediment...trefoil-headed niche containing a bust of the Hindu triad. On the flanks of the main entrance as well as those of the side doorways were trefoil niches, each... | |
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...ascending the flight of steps, now covered by ruins, the votary of the sun entered a highly decorated chamber, with a doorway on each side covered by a...trefoil niches, each of which held a statue of a Hindu deity. The interior decorations of the roof can only be conjecturally determined, as there do not appear... | |
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