The Indian Temple, Art and Architecture

2nd century 2nd century B.C. 6th century A.D. 7th century Aihole āmalaka Andhra Pradesh antarāļa apsidal bāḍa beautiful belong Bhuvanēśvar brick Buddhist building called carved cave central chaitya-halls Chōla circular consists curvilinear Deccan decorations deities designs District Drāviḍa earliest early Ellōrā enclosed examples of temples excavated extant feature front gaṇḍi garbhagriha gavāksha gōpura grīva Gupta Hindu Hoysala images Indian temple interesting jagamōhana Jaina temple Jāti Kailāsanātha Kanchipuram Kathiawar Kerala kūṭa later later-day temples Mahabalipuram main shrine mandapa mentioned miniature monolithic mouldings MYSORE Nāgara Nāgara style niches noteworthy number of temples octagonal Orissa paintings Pallava pillars places prākāra prāsāda pyramidal superstructure ratha rectangular region rock-cut roof śālā sanctum sāndhāra sculptures shape side sikhara Śiva Śiva temple South India square stone storeys stupa stūpas subsidiary shrines Surya temple Tañjāvūr temple architecture temples built terrace texts Tiruchirappalli District ture upto variety vimāna Vishnu walls