Beginnings of the Traditions of South Indian Temple Architecture

A. H. Longhurst A. K. Coomaraswamy Amaravati Animal frieze apsidal plan Archaeology asana Bādāmi bas-reliefs basement Besnagar big temples Buddhist Sculptures bull Burgess carved central shrine circular plan coin decoration deity dhvajastambha Dubreuil early Chola period enclosure examples fire altars frieze garbha-griha gateway Goli gopuras Ground plan ibid INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE Jaggayyapeta K. A. Nilakanta Sastri Kailāsanātha temple Kanchipuram Kerala later periods later-day temples linga lions Mahendravarman maṇḍapa mandapas mentioned miniature shrines miniature stupas monolithic shrines motif Nāgarājas Nāgārjuna Nāgārjunakoṇḍa Nandanar nandi Narasimhavarman Närttāmalai niches P. R. SRINIVASAN Pallava Architecture Pallava period pillars in front prākāras Pudukkottai Ratha at Mahabalipuram representations rock-cut caves sacred Sanchi Satavahana seen shrines built significance sikharas Śiva Siva temples Sivaramamurti so-called Dharmarāja Ratha South India SOUTH INDIAN TEMPLE standardised stupa slabs stupas of South subsequent periods superstructure T. N. Ramachandran temple namely temple unit temples belonging Trichinopoly Trichinopoly District Triratna Vedic