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Durga Temple (Aihole, India) 675-725 influence of the Buddhist chaityas/ horseshoe-shaped cella

Left: Draupadi Ratha at Mahabalipuram, 7 th century Right: Arjuna Ratha at Mahabalipuram, 7 th century ratha/ pyramidal roof (vimana)/ imitation of wood constructions. Durga Temple (Aihole, India) 675-725 influence of the Buddhist chaityas/ horseshoe-shaped cella.

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Durga Temple (Aihole, India) 675-725 influence of the Buddhist chaityas/ horseshoe-shaped cella

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  1. Left: Draupadi Ratha at Mahabalipuram, 7th centuryRight: Arjuna Ratha at Mahabalipuram, 7th centuryratha/ pyramidal roof (vimana)/ imitation of wood constructions

  2. Durga Temple (Aihole, India) 675-725influence of the Buddhist chaityas/ horseshoe-shaped cella

  3. Brihadishvara (or Rajarajeshvara) Temple at Thanjavur, begun 1002-3gopurams/ rectangular cloister/ Chola dynasty/ King Rajaraja I

  4. Left: Krishna watching the gopis at their toilette, decoration from the first gopuram at ThanjavurBelow: First gopuram at Thanjavur

  5. A painted gopuram from Madurai

  6. Skihara from the Brihadishvara, or Rajarajeshvara, Temple at Thanjavurpyramidal vimana/ stupi

  7. Linga gallery of the Thanjavur Temple with wall of paintings depicting scenes from the mythology of Shiva, 12th century

  8. Lingaraja Temple (Bhuvanesvar, India), c. 11th-12th centuriesascending towers/ amalaka

  9. Visvanatha Temple (Khajuraho, India), c. 1000

  10. Entrance and plan to the Visvanatha Temple (Khajuraho, India), c. 1000

  11. Mt. Meru/ emphasis on the exterior/ plinths/ mandapa

  12. roofs of the mandapa and their pyramidal eaves

  13. Tantrism/ yantra

  14. Ardhanari (A composite image of male and female energy depicted as the Hindu god Shiva, with his consort Uma or Pavarti

  15. Stupa at Borobudur (Java), c. 800use of the mandala to represent the three spheres of Buddhist cosmology

  16. rectilinear base and the first four tiers /60 reliefs on the base/ jatakas and sutras on the rectilinear four tiers/ circular upper four tiers

  17. dhyani Buddhas of the upper circular tiers

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