Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c47.6

c47.6

An inscription in Cave III at Badami fixes the date of the construction of that cave approximately 578 A.D We may, therefore, infer that those Ellora temples which show a close connection with the Badami style were constructed during the period from about 580 to 642 A D. In the latter year work was probably suspended for a time owing to the Pallava invasion of the Deccan.