History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s2.10
History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s2.10
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v2.c24.s2.10
The last king of the early Chalukyas, Kîrtivarman II., ascended the throne A.D. 746,¹ and was deprived of all his dominions by Dantidurga, the Râshtrakûta of Mâlkhêd, by 757. It was probably, therefore, after that date that these Dravidian temple-forms were introduced by the Jains at Elûrâ. The Kailâs and other great Saiva temples were excavated by these Râshtrakûtas—themselves a Dravidian race—who carried their power up to the Narbadâ.