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ARCHITECTURE

Eternal India

encyclopedia

Cheras

(700-850) (S.India)

Caves: Kaviyur, Talakat and Vilinjam.

Eastern Ganga

(750-1250)

Temples and remains: Bhuvaneshwar,

Jaipur, Konarak and Mukhalingam.

Rashtrakutas

(middle 8th C-late- 10th C A.D.)

(Deccan) C: Malkhed Main sites: Ellora

Pala

(765-1175) (N.India) Main sites: Bodhgaya, Nalanda, Paharpur,

Uddandapur

and

Vikramas-

ila.

Bhauma-Karas

(Orissa)

(middle 8th-10thc. A.D.)

Main sites.: Bhubaneshwar, Lalitagiri

and Ratnagiri.

Nolamba

(800-1150)

(Deccan) C: Hemavati Temples and remains: Hemavati and

Henjeru.

Pratiharas

(805-1036)

(N.India)

Temples and remains : Abaneri, Bikaner,

Bundelkhand,

Jagat,

Kanauj,

Kotah, Osian, Sikar.

Kalachuris

(N. India)

(middle 9th-late-12thc.A.D)

Main sites: Amarkantak, Bheraghat,

Sohagpur.

Cholas (846-1173)

(S. India) C: Thanjavur

Temples and remains: Chidambaram,

Darasuram,

Gangaikondacholapuram,

Nartamalai, Srinivasanallur, Tanjore

and Tiruvarur.

Utpala

(855-939)

Temples and remains: Awantipur.

Chedi or Haihaya

(895-1150)

Chalukya

(941-1197)

(N.India)

Main sites: Bheraghat, Bundelkhand,

Chandrehi, Gurgi, and Sohagpur.

Temples and remains : Abu, Dabhoi,

Gumli, Modhera, Sidhpur, Somnath,

and Vadnagar.

Paramara

(949-1088)

(N.India)C: Dhar

Temples and remains:

Dhar and

Udaipur.

Chandella

(950-1203)

(N.India)

Temples:

Khajuraho, Garhwal and

Mahoba

Late Western Chalukya

(973-1200) (Deccan)C: Kalyan

Main Sites : Chandadampur, Ittagi,

Kalyan, and Lakkundi. Temples and

remains:

Gadag, Haveri, Kukkanur

and Kuruvatti.

Gahadavala

(1080-118) Temples and remains: Bikaner and

Delhi.

Somavamsis

(middle lOth-late 11th

c.

A.D).

Main site: Bhubaneshwar.

Sena

(1095-1206)

Remains:

Lakshmanavati and Mahanad.

Hoysala

(1100-1300)

(Deccan) C: Belur

Main site : Belur and Halebid.

Temples, torans and remains: Arsik-

ere, Belur, Dodda Gaddavalli, Halebid,

Somnathpur.

Imperial Gangas

(Orissa)

(early 12th-middlel5thc.

A.D.)

Main site: Bhubaneshwar

Kakatiya

(1110-1326)

(Deccan) C: Hanamkonda

Temples, Torans and Warangal.

Remains:Hanamkonda,

Palampet, Pil-

lalmarri, Tripurantakam

Yadava

(1187-1312)

Main sites : Bal Sane, Jhogda

(Deccan) C: Devagiri

and Sinnar.

Pandya

(1190-1310)

Temples: Chidambaram, Madurai,

(S. India) C: Madurai

Srirangam and Tiruvannamalai

Sultanate

(13th - 15th c.

A.D)

(N. India)C: Delhi

Kutub Minar; tomb of Sultan Ghori at

Delhi; Arahai din ka Jhompra at Ajmer.

Alai Darwaza. Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-

din Tughlak; Kotla Firuz Shah; tomb of

Firuz Shah Tughlak.

Vijayanagar

(1335-1600)

(S. India) C: Vijayanagar

Temples and remains: Gingi, Hampi,

Lepakshi, Madurai, Srirangam, Tad-

patri,

Tiruvannamalai,

Vellore,

Virinchipuram.

Sayyid

(1414-1444)

Tomb of Mubarak Shah Sayyid.

Lodi

(1451-1526)

Gujarat Sultanate

(1459-1550)

Bijapur

(1490-1686)

Sur

(1538-1555)

Mughal Dynasty

(1526-1707)

Shish Gumbaz; Moti Ki Masjid.

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Sidi Sayyid mosque at Ahmedabad.

Ibrahim Rauza; Gol Gumbaz; Jami

Masjid.

Tomb of Sher Shah at Sasaram.

Tomb of Chisti; Buland Darwaza;

Panch Mahal and other remains at

Fatehphur Sikhri; tomb of Akbar at

Sikandra; the Taj Mahal at Agra; the

Red Fort and the tomb of Humayun at

Delhi, Bibi ka Maqbara at Auran-

gabad.