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Q. With reference to the evolution of temple architecture in India ,which among the following temples was built earliest.
Q. With reference to the evolution of temple architecture in India ,which among the following temples was built earliest.
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Solution
The correct option is B
Dashavatar temple, Deogarh
Explanation:
Option(a) is incorrect:
Lakshman Temple, Khajuraho:It was built in 954 by the Chandela king, Dhanga. It is dedicated to Vishnu and is the grandest temple of Khajuraho. It is a nagara temple,placed on a high platform and accessed by stairs.
Option (b) is correct:
The Dashavatar temple at Deogarh was built in the early sixth century CE. This temple is the classic example for a late Gupta Period type of temple. This temple is in the panchayatana style of architecture where the main shrine is built on a rectangular plinth with four smaller subsidiary shrines at the four corners (making it a total number of five shrines, hence the name, panchayatana).It is an early example of a classic nagara style of temple.It is known for its sculptural reliefs of Lord Vishnu such as Sheshashayana,Nara-Narayan and Gajendramoksha.
Option(c) is incorrect:
Sun Temple, Konark: It was built in stone about 1240 by the rulers of the East Gang Dynasty. It is set on a high foundation, with its walls covered in extensive, detailed ornamental carving. These include twelve pairs of gigantic wheels carved with spokes and hubs, representing the wheels of the Sun god who, in mythology, rides a chariot driven by eight horses, carved here at the entrance stairs. The whole temple thus resembles a colossal processional chariot.
Option(d) is incorrect:
Brihadiswara Temple, Thanjavur: The magnificent Shiva Temple of Thanjavur, also known as Rajarajeswara, was completed about 1010 by Rajaraja Chola. It has a pyramidal multi-storeyed vimana that rises a massive seventy meters (approximately two hundred feet) topped by a monolithic shikhara that is an octagonal dome-shaped stupica. It is in this temple that, for the first time , two large gopuras (gateway towers) with an elaborate sculptural program were designed along with the temple. Huge Nandi-figures line the corners of the shikhara, and the kalasha on the top is around three meters and eight centimeters in height.
Dashavatar temple, Deogarh
Explanation:
Option(a) is incorrect:
Lakshman Temple, Khajuraho:It was built in 954 by the Chandela king, Dhanga. It is dedicated to Vishnu and is the grandest temple of Khajuraho. It is a nagara temple,placed on a high platform and accessed by stairs.
Option (b) is correct:
The Dashavatar temple at Deogarh was built in the early sixth century CE. This temple is the classic example for a late Gupta Period type of temple. This temple is in the panchayatana style of architecture where the main shrine is built on a rectangular plinth with four smaller subsidiary shrines at the four corners (making it a total number of five shrines, hence the name, panchayatana).It is an early example of a classic nagara style of temple.It is known for its sculptural reliefs of Lord Vishnu such as Sheshashayana,Nara-Narayan and Gajendramoksha.
Option(c) is incorrect:
Sun Temple, Konark: It was built in stone about 1240 by the rulers of the East Gang Dynasty. It is set on a high foundation, with its walls covered in extensive, detailed ornamental carving. These include twelve pairs of gigantic wheels carved with spokes and hubs, representing the wheels of the Sun god who, in mythology, rides a chariot driven by eight horses, carved here at the entrance stairs. The whole temple thus resembles a colossal processional chariot.
Option(d) is incorrect:
Brihadiswara Temple, Thanjavur: The magnificent Shiva Temple of Thanjavur, also known as Rajarajeswara, was completed about 1010 by Rajaraja Chola. It has a pyramidal multi-storeyed vimana that rises a massive seventy meters (approximately two hundred feet) topped by a monolithic shikhara that is an octagonal dome-shaped stupica. It is in this temple that, for the first time , two large gopuras (gateway towers) with an elaborate sculptural program were designed along with the temple. Huge Nandi-figures line the corners of the shikhara, and the kalasha on the top is around three meters and eight centimeters in height.
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