[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c8.90 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.90 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.90 - **Language:** English ### [c8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.90) The next stage in the development of the style is marked by the structural temples at Conjeeveram (Kānchī), the Pallava capital, which became known only a few years ago, and have been recently described in detail by Mr. A. Rea. Six temples of the Pallava period exist in or close to the town.¹ Inscriptions prove that the two principal edifices, the Kailāsanātha and the Vaikuntha-Perumāl, were erected by the sons of King Rājasimha, great-grandson of Narasimha-varman. The Muktesvara temple of about the same date, say A. D. 700 to A. D. 750, with a domical roof, is a typical example. Mr. Rea is mistaken in believing the structural temples to antedate the rock-cut examples.² - [Previous: c8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.89) - [Next: c8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.91) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mukteswara Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.monument.mukteswara-temple) - [Kailasanatha Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.monument.kailasanatha-temple) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.90) · Pramāṇa