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Analyse the vibrant cultural activities in peninsular India during 550-750 CE. Compare and contrast it with the situation in contemporary North India

  • UPSC 2012
  • Regional States during Gupta Era

Between 550 and 750 CE, peninsular India under the Pallavas of Kanchi and Chalukyas of Badami produced one of the most concentrated bursts of temple architecture, sculpture, devotional religion and courtly literature anywhere in the early medieval subcontinent — a cultural efflorescence whose intensity and continuity has no exact parallel in the contemporary north, where…

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  • Temple Architecture: Three Sites, Two Traditions
  • Tamil Bhakti Beginnings: Alvars and Nayanars
  • Courtly Patronage of Sanskrit and Dravidian Literature
  • Comparison with Contemporary North India
  • Political Fragmentation after Harsha
  • Comparatively Muted Architectural Innovation in This Exact Window
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