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Pattadakal includes gavakshas in
several forms Elaborated gavakshas at the
early 9th-century Jain Cave 32 at
Ellora "Honeycomb" of
gavakshas on the shikhara...
- Dholavira. The
oldest arches surviving in
Indian architecture are the
gavaksha or "chaitya arches"
found in
ancient rock-cut architecture, and agreed...
- "solemn grandeur".
Beside these the side
walls are
covered with low-relief
gavakshas and
latticework representing architectural railings,
comparable to those...
- the
shikhara would have
followed these in
having four
corner bands of
gavaksha-honeycomb
sweeping uninterrupted up the full
height of the tower, while...
- but it
normally has a
vertical face, very
often in the form of a
large gavaksha or "window" motif, with an
ornamental frame above and to the sides, forming...
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Pallava kings, and
relate to the
central shikhara towers of
north India and
Gavaksha with gable-roof.
Between the
twelfth and
sixteenth century,
during the...
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shikhars (pinnacles), 6
gummats (domes), 193
sthambhas (pillars), 32
gavakshas (windows), and 4
jharukhas (balconies). The
central dome is 10 meters...
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rises in
tiers having three clear divisions. The
lowest division has two
gavakshas or arch-shaped
motifs on each side, with some
images carved in. The apex...
- Tirthankara, and
other is Ram
Chandra Cave.
Ancient idols of Hanuman, Gava,
Gavaksha, Neel etc. are here. In one cave
there is an idol of Ram's
chief of army...
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along similar lines to
Caves 19 and 26 of Ajanta. Cave 10 also
features a
gavaksha, or chandrashala,
arched window and a side
connection to Cave 9 of Ellora...
