| Phase
II temple very closely followed the plan and conception of Phase I and, in
contradistinction to the latter, was built of whitish sandstone of comparatively coarser
grain. This too was a Shaivite temple evidenced by another water outlet nearly
1’-3" immediately above the former. Its plinth was super-imposed over the
earlier plinth and was also of identical height. Since this temple was built over the
debris of the earlier one, raising of the floor-level, both inside and outside was
inevitable. Although constructed in the 11th century A.D., it was devoid of the customary
pitha with string courses of elephants, horses and men. |
