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Ramisseram Pagoda. Carved pillar in centre 
corridor. 
Ramisseram Pagoda. Carved pillar in centre 
Corridor. By Captain Lyon. 
85. Ramisseram Pagoda, island of Paumben. The 
old temple in garden. 
Ramisseram Pagoda. The long side aisle. 
Ramisseram Pagoda. Inner half of the west 
entrance passage. By Captain Lyon. 
Avadea Covill is one of the most beautiful, as well 
as one of the oldest temples in the South of India. 
It is all built of a stone so hard and compact that 
the great cornice, of double curvature, of the porch, 
is only half an inch in thickness ; but every detail of 
this building is fmished witli an elaborateness unsur- 
passed in the country. The whole is probably an 
terior to theyear 1000 a.d. 
86. Calliar Covill. The small gateway. 
Calliar Covill. General view of the inner court. 
Calliar Covill. The two entrance gateways. 
By Captain Lyon. 
87. The tank and temple. Tircoostioor. 
Side entrance to temple. Tircoostioor. 
By Captain Lyon. 
88. Carved pillar in front of porch. Avadea Co 
vill. 
Tower over the entrance. 
Inferior of porch at entrance. 
Carved pillar in front of porch. 
Carved pillar in front of porch. 
By Captain Lyon. 
89. Pyramidal gateway at porch. Avadea Covill. 
Carved pillar in front of porch. 
Carved pillar in front of porch. 
Carved pillar in front of porch. 
Carved pillar in front of porch. 
Carved pillar inside porch. 
Carved pillar inside porch. By Captain Lyon. 
90. View of the palace. Poodoocottah. 
Another view of a portion of palace. Poodoo 
cottah. 
Tanjore Pagoda. General view from outside the 
fort. By Captain Lyon. 
The Temple at Tanjore is one of the few in the 
south where the Vimana or temple itself is the Prin 
cipal object, and is in correct proportion to the 
Gopuras and other subordinate parts. In conse- 
quence of this, when seen from the outside, it is one 
of the most imposing of Southern temples. 
The Palace at Tanjore is one of the most modern, 
and though picturesque, is characterised by the vul- 
garity of Mahratta taste. 
91. Tanjore Pagoda. Pyramidal gateway at entrance 
to inner court. 
Tanjore Pagoda. The pyramidal gateway at 
entrance. 
Tanjore Pagoda. View taken from S. K. corner 
of inner court. 
Tanjore Pagoda. General view of inner court. 
By Captain Lyon. 
92. 
Tanjore Pagoda. The big bull. 
Tanjore Pagoda. The great pyramidal tower. 
Tanjore Pagoda. View of the porch with the 
big bull. By Captain Lyon. 
93. Tanjore Pagoda, the great pyramidal tower. 
Fapade of base on west side. 
Tanjore Pagoda, the great pyramidal tower. 
Fagade of base on north side. 
Tanjore Pagoda. The Subramanya temple. 
By Captain Lyon. 
94. Tanjore Pagoda. Another view of the Subra 
manya temple. 
Tanjore Pagoda, the Subramanya temple. De 
tail of south fagade. 
Tanjore Pagoda, the Subramanya temple. De 
tail of west farade. j]y Captain Lyon. 
95. Tanjore Pagoda, the Subramanya temple. North 
fa<pade and stone trough. 
Tanjore Pagoda, Small temple near the Sub 
ramanya. 
Tanjore Pagoda, the great pyramidal tower 
Detail of base on south side. 
By Captain Lyon. 
96. Tanjore Palace. Carvings on front of the au- 
dience chamber. 
Tanjore Palace. Carvings on the north side of 
the quadrangle, 
Tanjore Palace. View from the Street. 
By Captain Lyon. 
97. Tanjore Palace. Curious pyramidal tower. 
Tanjore Palace. Disused council chamber. 
Tanjore Palace. Another view of the disused 
council chamber. By Captain Lyon. 
The temple at Peroor has no central object, but 
is remarkable for the beaüty of its sculptures, which, 
however, are comparatively modern; the oldest of 
them can hardly he dated earlier than the early part 
of the 17th Century, and they extend into the last. 
98. Peroor Temple, near Coimbatore. Beautiful mo 
nolith outside the court. 
Peroor Temple. View of the two pillars. 
Peroor Temple. General view. 
By Captain Lyon, 
99. 
Peroor Temple. 
Peroor Temple. 
aisle. 
Peroor Temple. 
aisle. 
Peroor Temple. 
aisle. 
Peroor Temple. 
aisle. 
Carved pillar in detail. 
Third carved pillar in centre 
Sixth carved pillar in centre 
Fifth carved pillar in centre 
Fourth carved pillar in centre 
By Captain Lyon. 
10. Peroor Temple. 
aisle. 
Peroor Temple. 
aisle. 
Peroor Temple. 
aisle. 
Peroor Temple. 
aisle. 
Peroor Temple. 
Seventh carved pillar in centre 
Eighth carved pillar in centre 
Ninth carved pillar in centre 
Tenth carved pillar in centre 
Reverse side of pillar, No.421. 
By Captain Lyon. 
On the overthrow of the Great Chalukya dynasty 
of the Mysore by the Mahomedans in 1310, and 
that of Warangul in 1334, the city and dynasty of 
Vijia-nuggur rose into importanee, and for more than 
two centuries held its own against the powerful 
Mahomedan state of Beejapore, tili it was finally 
taken and sacked in 1565.