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Do you agree with the view that the form and content of temple architecture in South India between c. A.D. 750 and 1200 were products of a specific economic and political milieu?

  • UPSC 1994
  • Cultural Traditions in India, 750-1200

The four and a half centuries between the rise of the later Pallavas and the peak of the Chola empire saw South Indian temple architecture move from modest cave shrines to the towering vimana of the Brihadeeswara temple at Thanjavur. This trajectory tracks so closely with the shifting fortunes of Pallava, Chola, and Pandya state…

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  • Tracking Form Against Political Power: Pallava to Chola
  • The Economic Base: Temple as Landed and Redistributive Institution
  • The Qualification: Content Was Also Shaped by Sectarian and Doctrinal Logic

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