Typically, structures of the traditional era here in Nepal are provided with a huge base. What may be the structural importance of such a huge base?
Picture: Taleju Bhawani Temple, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Nepal. The temple was constructed in the 1500s by the then king, Mahendra Malla.
Richard Fielding
Not an architect but, it occurs to me that they might act like flying buttresses do by progressively spreading the vertical load more horizontally. Dunno, just a thought.
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