Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c47.15

c47.15

By far the finest of the Ellora temples is the Kailasa (XVI) which was probably begun about the year 760 A.D., in the reign of Krishna I of the Rashtrakuta dynasty. To cut out of the rock a temple of this size would be in itself a remarkable achievement. The further work connected with its detailed elaborate decoration and the construction of the subsidiary shrines and the sculptured corridors must have been phenomenal.