Chapter Sixteen'So this is the great temple of Shiva?' Melcorka leaned back to admire the architecture. The building was larger than any religious building they had seen before, a massively elaborate temple with the exterior a montage of sculptures of gods. There was the four-headed god Brahma, Ganesha the elephant god and Hanuman, the long-tailed monkey god. As expected, Shiva dominated all. 'Somebody has gone to great trouble to build this.'
'These Cholas are a very religious people,' Bradan said.
'We think we are civilised,' Melcorka said. 'This surpasses anything we can build, or have ever built.' She stepped back to further admire the building. 'We have a long way to go yet.'
'We'll get there,' Bradan said.
The temple was set within an exterior wall that also enclosed a large gard
