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¹ They are built of the stones which are quarried in the various parts of India ; sandstone prevails in central Indian temples ; limestone or marble is frequent in western India ; trap in the Deccan ; a fine grained, black chloritic schist in the later Cālukya temples of the Kanarese districts in the Deccan ; a similar stone, quarried in the Rajmahal hills is also used in Bengal for door frames, etc., of brick temples ; granite in south India ; laterite and sandstone, etc., in Orissa. The earliest stone temples are preserved from about 400 A.D. In Gujerat and Rajputana the stones were carved, pieced together and placed in position. In the Kanarese districts and the Deccan the details, in some cases were carved in situ. In Orissa, the carvings were finished in situ. On the walls of the hall of the Rājarāni temple in Bhuvaneśvar, the design is blocked out and has not been completed.