| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
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PART III - PREFACE |
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STORY OF SOMANATHA is known to us in considerable detail. It signifies the faith and
reverence of the devout Hindu; it symbolises the racial instinct for survival; it
amplifies the theory of creation, destruction and reconstruction and above all it
represents the architectural development in Gujarat for over 900,years. A huge
literature of fanciful stories developed soon after the victory of Sultan Mahmud whom it
intended to glorify by extolling his real or supposed virtues. But there are many gaps and
incongruities. The picture has hitherto been both incomplete and synthetic. Excavations
alone could provide material evidence andadd precision to our knowledge. |
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