| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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OBJECTS OF THE EXCAVATIONS AND A
SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS |
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earlier of these two, herein called Phase I, in conception, consisted of two chambers-a
garbhagriha and a mandapa-approached on the east by a porch with stepped entrance.
Apparently this was the only entrance to the temple. The mandapa was enclosed on three
sides by dwarf walls (partially available on the east) possibly supporting inclined seats.
The water outlet in the centre of the northern wall of the garbhagriha, and the
brahmashila point to its being a Shaivite temple. The latter rested on a square piece of
Kanjur stone masonry, essentially hollow, resembling a deep cistern but filled in with
alternate courses of rubble and laid stones and going as deep as the foundations
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