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English: Identifier: winterindia00scid
Title: Winter India Year: 1903 (1900s) Authors: Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah, 1856-1928 Subjects: India -- Description and travel Publisher: New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN
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Text Appearing After Image: MOUNT ABU AND AHMEDABAD 361 Another red coat and yellow turban came, and thethree guided us around the two Jain temples, whichare the most elaborately carved and decoratedshrines in India. They were built in the eleventhand twelfth centuries, and the marble was broughtfrom quarries twelve miles away and carved to frost-and lace-like fineness. Marble cloisters whose alcove chapels containseated images of the tirthankars, or Jain saints, sur-round an inner court holding the elaborately con-structed and decorated central shrine and altar.One marvels as much at the perfect preservationas at the minute, lavish ornamentation; and forthe preservation the Rajputs have to thank the Eng-lish. In the central domical halls of both templesthe columns, arches, struts, trusses, beams, centralpanels, and altar-fronts are covered with myriads oftiny figures and bands of conventional ornament infull and low relief, a marble filigree-work surpass-ing anything to be seen elsewhere. Scenes from thelives o
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