Early Chola Temples
by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam | 1960 | 105,501 words
This volume of Chola Temples covers Parantaka I to Rajaraja I in the timeframe A.D. 907-985. The Cholas of Southern India left a remarkable stamp in the history of Indian architecture and sculpture. Besides that, the Chola dynasty was a successful ruling dynasty even conquering overseas regions....
Introduction
In my Early Chola Art Part I, I have surveyed the chief features of the Aditya style. And as I did not notice any really fundamental change in the artistic style during the reigns of the first three rulers of the Early Chola period, I have given the chief stylistic features of the first phase of Early Chola Art ending with the reign of Parantaka I (vide pp. 235-259).