History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s5.32

v1.c19.s5.32

In the south of the Bombay Presidency are some of the earlier examples of this style. Among these the great temple at Pattadakal, now known as Virûpâksha, we learn from inscriptions upon it, was built by Lokamahâdevî, one of the queens of the Chalukya king Vikramâditya II., who ruled from 733 to 747. It belongs, therefore, to the date formerly assigned to it on archæological grounds, as having been erected during the 8th century.¹ In plan it is almost exactly a duplicate of the Kailâs, as may be gathered from the annexed woodcut (No. 204).¹ Antecedently to the discovery of their relative dates we could readily believe the southern temple to be the older of the two, but certainly not distant in date, and this has been fully confirmed by the results of more recent research.