The Gupta Temple of Tigowa

IN THE GUPTA TEMPLE OF TIGOWA Frederick M. Asher In 1873-74, when Alexander Cunningham visited Tigowa, 2 miles north of Bahuriband in Jabalpur District, the foundations of at least 36 temples were visible at the site. However, only one temple, a flat roofed shrine commonly called the Kankali Devi Temple, 1 (Plate 1) remained intact.

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आशेर जबलपुर जिले के तिगवा स्थित सपाट छतवाले कंकाली देवी मन्दिर को लगभग ४२५ ई. का मानते हैं। वे उसके पूर्णघट शीर्ष और द्वारशाखा की तुलना साँची के मन्दिर सत्रह, मढ़िया, नचना तथा भूमरा से करते हैं, और शिखर कभी न रहे होने का तर्क देते हैं। Asher dates the flat-roofed Kankali Devi temple at Tigowa, Jabalpur district, to about AD 425, comparing its purnaghata capitals and doorway with Temple XVII at Sanchi, Marhia, Nachna and Bhumara, and argues from weathering and relief evidence that it never carried a superstructure.

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