Pallava Architecture, Part I (MASI 17) c2.11

c2.11

Pallava history up to this period has to be reconstructed solely from copper-plate records, as no stone monuments of the period have been discovered. Anterior to the 7th century A. D. Indian builders and sculptors appear to have been engaged exclusively in erecting monuments for the Buddhists and Jains. If any Hindu temples were erected before this period they must have been built of wood or some other perishable material, because no trace of such buildings has hitherto been discovered.