Kalan

Japanese: kalan
Kalan

...In Champa, where Hinduism was more prevalent than Buddhism, architecture and sculpture had already perfected a style similar to the Gupta style of India and pre-Angkor art of the Khmer by the 7th century. In particular, stone architecture with a pyramidal upper story on a square tower called a kalan developed early on, and by the 10th century this distinctive style had been perfected. The ruins of My Son and its eastwards neighbors such as Cha Kieu and Dong Duong tell us the history of Champa architecture, which did not develop stepped pyramids or gallery-style structures like the Khmer, but gradually abandoned Indian elements and began to express ethnic characteristics.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kalan" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…仏教よりもヒンドゥー教が盛んに行われたチャンパの建築や彫刻は,7世紀にすでにインドのグプタ様式やクメールの前アンコール期の美術に通ずる様式を完成させていた。とくにカランkalanとよばれる方形の塔にピラミッド形上層屋をのせた石造建築が早くから発達し,10世紀にはその特徴のある様式が完成していた。ミソンとその東のチャキエウやドンズオンなどに見られる遺跡は,チャンパの建築がクメールのように段状ピラミッドや回廊形式を発展させず,しだいにインド的要素を捨てて民族的特性を表現するようになっていった歴史を物語っている。…

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