Test: Temple Architecture and Sculpture- 1 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

Most domestic dwellings and the things in them were made from materials like wood and clay, which have perished.

The shrines of early temples were of three kinds: sandhara, nirandhara, and sarvatobhadra.

The basic form of the Hindu temple comprises the following: sanctum (garbhagriha), entrance to the temple (mandapa), mountain-like spire or vimana, and the vahan and standard pillar or dhvaj placed axially before the sanctum.

The most common type of shikhara found in nagara temples is the latina or rekha-prasada type.

The style of temple architecture popular in northern India is known as nagara.

Ancient temples in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan are commonly made of sandstone.

The Deogarh temple in Uttar Pradesh is a classic example of a late Gupta Period temple in the panchayatana style of architecture.

The Lakshmana temple at Khajuraho is dedicated to Vishnu.

 Sandstone is the most commonly used stone in temple construction in West India, including Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Samlaji in Gujarat is an important site that shows a distinct style of sculpture that emerged from a mixing of earlier artistic traditions of the region and a post-Gupta style.

The hills of Kumaon, Garhwal, Himachal, and Kashmir had their own tradition of wooden buildings with pitched roofs, which developed from the intermingling of Buddhist and Hindu traditions.

The Sun temple at Konark was built in stone around 1240 and its shikhara was a colossal creation said to have reached 70m, which fell in the nineteenth century.

Terracotta was the main medium of construction for temples in Bengal until the seventh century.

A large number of sculptures made of grey schist have been found in the region, dating back to the sixth and eighth centuries CE.

The Sun temple at Modhera was built in the early eleventh century by Raja Bhimdev I of the Solanki Dynasty in 1026.