3.13. Temples at Munjapur (Banaskantha)

Structural Temples of the Caulukyan Period 161 Jami Masjid at Munjapur* ( Dist. Banaskantha) has been constructed from Hindu Shrine. A short inscription 182 of the time of Kumarapala, in the north end of the mosque though very much abraded, reads the date of V. S. 1217 (A. D. 1161), being probably the date of the original Hindu shrine. On the north side of the court-yard of this Masjid are the remains of a porch or a mandapa which appears to be a part of a temple left in situ, to serve the purpose of the entrance porch to the court-yard. The large central dome of the roof is carved in the usual leaf-pattern arranged in concentric circles. In the apex of it is inserted a cusped rose pendant. 183