Travel to Peninsular India: Hampi Royal Center: Photo 22

Where precisely they met is perplexing, since the ground level is laid out as a hypostyle hall, with very little clear space. "To judge from the clumsy manner in which the staircase to the upper storey has been built, one would imagine that it had been added as an afterthought. It looks as though the architect forgot the staircase when preparing the design and had to provide one after the building was compelted." The words come from Longhurst a century ago; in those days the English didn't pussyfoot. Anyway, the staircase is locked tight.

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