The Indian Temple, Art and Architecture

1st century B.C. 2nd century 2nd century B.C. 6th century A.D. 7th century Aihole amalaka Andhra Pradesh antarāļa apsidal bāḍa beautiful belong Bhuvanēśvar brick Buddhist building called carved cave central chaitya-halls Chōla circular consists curvilinear Deccan decorations deities District Drāviḍa earliest early Ellōrā enclosed examples of temples excavated extant feature front gandi garbhagriha gōpura grīva Gupta Hindu Hoysala images Indian temple interesting jagamōhana Jaina temple Jāti Kanchipuram Kathiawar Kerala kūṭa later later-day temples Mahabalipuram main shrine mandapa mentioned miniature monolithic mouldings Nāgara Nagara style noteworthy number of temples octagonal Orissa paintings Pallava Paṭṭadakal pillars places prākāra Prāsāda pyramidal superstructure ratha rectangular region rock-cut roof śālā sanctum sculptures shape side sikhara Śiva Śiva temple South India square stone storeys structural temples stupa stūpas subsidiary shrines Surya temple temple architecture temples built terrace Tiruchirappalli District ture upto variety Vedic vimāna Vishnu walls