General view of a Torana arch or Kirttistambha, Kapadvanj





Photograph of a richly-carved archway at Kapadvanj in Gujarat, taken by a photographer of the Archaeological Survey of India in the 1870s.Toranas are gateways, usually of stone, marking the entrance to a Buddhist shrine or a Hindu temple. The one in this view consists of two pillars and a transverse architrave. The whole torana is covered of extremely elaborate sculpture.

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