Hindu temple architecture

DMPQ- . Discuss the origin and main features of free standing temple architecture in India.

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. The temple building activities that began during the Gupta rule continued to flourish in later periods. In southern India the Pallavas, Cholas, Pandyas, Hoyshalas and later the rulers of the Vijaynagar kingdom were great builders of temples. The Pallava rulers built the shore temple at Mahabalipuram. Pallavas also built other structural temples like Kailashnath … Read more DMPQ- . Discuss the origin and main features of free standing temple architecture in India.

DMPQ-. “Sculpture and painting saw it’s peak during Gupta period.” Explain.

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. The period saw the emergence of iconic Hindu deities like Vishnu, Kartikeya, Shiva Surya and many other gods and goddesses, carved in stone in temples and in temple architecture. After the Huna invaders destroyed most of the artworks from the Gupta period, the surviving ones seen to this day are the Gupta architecture of … Read more DMPQ-. “Sculpture and painting saw it’s peak during Gupta period.” Explain.