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Do you think the construction of temples would have been an easy task for the people of earlier times? Find out how they carried huge stones to build monuments.
Important Questions on Buildings, Paintings and Books
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Identify the place in the Map of India: The beautifully sculpted chaitya is located here.
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List some of the temples built during the ancient period.
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Mahabalipuram and Aihole are known as the finest stone temples.
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What do you understand by Shikhara and Mandapa?
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The Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram was built by the
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The Gupta rulers built the Khajuraho temples.
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Identify the place in the map of India: The Shore Temple is situated here
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List down the stages of building stupa.
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The Rath Temple at Kanchi was built by the Chalukyan kings.
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Most temples of earlier period had a hall like structure known as the mandapa.
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Write a note on the stupas.
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What was common in the structures of the temples constructed during this period?
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Lingaraja Temple of Mount Abu is very famous.
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Identify the place in the map of India: This place has the famous Lion Capital.
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Which is the most important part of the temple where the image of the chief deity was placed?
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Describe India's achievement in the field of fine arts in the ancient period.
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List the problems that stone cutters may have faced while building monolithic temples like Mahabalipuram.
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The most famous of the structural temples of the Pallava rulers was the Shore Temple at _____. (Vaishali/ Mahabalipuram)
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Most temples had a hall like structure known as the mandapa.
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_____ was the room where the image of the chief deity was kept. (Garbhagriha/ Harmika)
