monuments of india

Monuments of India

Site Key
before 1000 A.D.
900 A.D. - 1400 A.D.
after 1300 A.D.
North
Index I: Sanchi stupas; Pratiharas in Rajasthan
Index IV: Khajuraho (Chandella dynasty)
Index VII: the Mughals; Taj Mahal; Rajputana; Goa
Deccan
Index II: Ajanta, Elephanta, and Ellora cave-temples; the Early Chalukyas
Index V: Badami (Late Chalukya); Warangal (Kakatiya)
Index VIII: Vijayanagara; Islamic kingdoms
South
Index III: Mamallapuram
Index VI: various Chola and Hoysala sites
Index IX: Nayaka kingdoms; Mysore
East
Index X: Nalanda and Bodhgaya; Bhubaneshwar
Index XI: Konarak
Index XII: Calcutta
Also: Museums, Other Sights, Reference Pages, and a Map of India

Site Index, Part I: North, Central, and West India before 1000
Prehistoric (c. 8000 BC - 3000 BC) Bhimbetka (5)
Maurya and Shunga (Central India, 3d - 1st century BC) Column of Heliodorus (1) Sanchi (43)
Gupta (Central India, 4th - 6th century) Sarnath (2) Udayagiri (M.P.) (6)
Pratihara (West India, 8th - 11th century) Jagat, Devi temple (20) Nagda, Hindu temples (7) Osian, Harihara and Jain temples (16)
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Site Index, Part II: Deccan before 1000
Prehistoric (first millennium BC) Nagarjunakonda, cist burial (1)
Satavahana (Deccan, 2d century BC - 3d century AD) Ajanta, Cave 9 (1)
Ikshvaku (East Deccan, 3d - 4th century) Nagarjunakonda, early Buddhist monasteries (3)
Vakataka (Deccan, 4th - 5th century) Ajanta, later caves (15)
Kalachuri (Deccan, 6th century) Elephanta, Cave temple of Shiva (9)
Early Chalukya (Deccan, 6th - 8th century) Aihole, cave and structural temples (34) Badami, cave and structural temples (30) Ellora, Buddhist and Hindu cave temples (19) Pattadakal, structural temples (35)
Rashtrakuta (Deccan, 7th - 10th century) Ellora, Kailasanatha and later Hindu and Jain cave temples (22)
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Site Index, Part III: South India before 1000
Pallava (South India, 7th - 9th century) Kanchipuram - Kailasanatha temple (3) Mamallapuram - Pancha Rathas (12), Shore Temple (4), Arjuna's Penance (9), Varaha Cave Temple (3), Krishna Mandapa (3)
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Site Index, Part IV: North India, 900 - 1400
Chandella and Paramara (Central India, 10th - 12th century) Bhojpur (3) Khajuraho (33)
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Site Index, Part V: Deccan, 900 - 1400
Late Chalukya (Deccan, 10th - 12th century) Badami - temples (12)
Kakatiya (Deccan, c. 1050 - 1323) Hanamkonda - Thousand-Pillared Temple (5) Warangal - Svayambhu Temple (6)
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Site Index, Part VI: South India, 900 - 1400
Chola (South India, 9th - 13th century) Thanjavur - Brihadeshvara temple (15), Rajaraja museum (16) Madras - Chola Bronzes (5)
Western Ganga (South India, 9th - 10th century) Shravanabelgola - Gommateshvara colossus (15)
Hoysala (South India, 11th - 13th century) Belur - Chennakeshava Temple (20) Halebid - Hoysaleshvara Temple (17) Somnathpur - Keshava Temple (22)
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Site Index, Part VII: North India, after 1300
Delhi Sultanate (13th - 14th century) Delhi - Qutb Minar (7)
Mughal (North and Central India, 16th - 18th century) Agra - Itmad-ud-daulah Tomb (4), Agra Fort (11), and Taj Mahal (13) Delhi - Humayun Tomb (4) Fatehpur Sikri - Palace Complex (20) and Jami Masjid (7) Sikandra - Tomb of Akbar (4)
Rajput (West India, 15th - 19th century) Amber - Palace (10). Jaipur - Hawa Mahal (1), Jantar Mantar Observatory (10), City Palace (4), and Galta (2) Jaisalmer - City (8) Jodhpur - Mandor Gardens (6), Meherangarh Fort (8), and Jaswant Singh Memorial (2) Nagaur - Fort (10) Orchha - Citadel and Palaces (7) Udaipur - Ranakpur Jain Temple (7), City Palace (7)
Colonial Period Goa - Sri Dalsa Devi Temple (4), Basilica of Bom Jesu (4), Church of St. Francis and Se Cathedral (5)
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Site Index, Part VIII: Deccan, after 1300
Vijayanagara (Deccan and South India, 14th - 17th century) Bangalore - Nandi Temple (3) Kanchipuram - Ekambareshvara Temple (5) Hampi - Vijayanagara Site (85)
Adil Shahi (Bijapur, 16th - 18th century) Badami - Tomb (2)
Maratha (Deccan, 17th - 18th century) Badami - Banashankari Temple (3) Ellora - Grishneshvara Temple (1) Thanjavur - Nayaka Palace (2)
Qutb Shahi (Hyderabad, 16th - 17th century) Golconda - Fort (3) and Royal Tombs (3)
Asaf Jahi (Hyderabad, mid-18th century - 20th century) Hyderabad - Chau Mahalla Palace (2)
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Site Index, Part IX: South India, after 1300
Nayaka (South India, 16th - 17th century) Madurai - Alagar Temple (9), Minakshi Temple (13), Tirumalai Nayaka Palace (4) Srirangam - Ranganatha Temple (16) Thanjavur - Nayaka Palace (2)
Wodeyar (Mysore, 16th - 18th century) Mysore - Shwetha Varahaswami Temple (1), Nandi monolith (1)
Tipu Sultan (Mysore, 2d half of 18th century) Srirangapatnam - Jami Masjid (3) and Gumbaz mausoleum (3)
Colonial Period and Later (16th - 20th century) Madras - Church of St. Thomas (2), Kapaleshvara Temple (3) Mysore - Amba Vilasa Palace (3), Lalitha Mahal (1)
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Site Index, Part X: East India, before 1000
Maurya (323-185 BC) Dhauli - Ashoka's Rock Edict (3)
Chedi (2d century BC - 1st century AD) Udayagiri (Khandagiri) - Jain Cave Temples (8)
Pala (7th - 12th century) Nalanda - Buddhist University (19)
Orissan dynasties, 8th - 12th century Ratnagiri - Buddhist Monastery (12) Udayagiri - Buddhist Monastery (5) Bhubaneshwar - Hindu Temples (31) Bodhgaya - Mahabodhi Temple (10)
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Site Index, Part XI: East India, 900-1400
Somavamshi (9th - early 11th century) Hirapur - Chaunsath Yogini Temple (9)
Eastern Ganga (10th - 14th century) Konarak - Surya Temple (12)
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Site Index, Part XII: East India, after 1300
Colonial Period and Later (16th - 20th century) Calcutta - High Court (1) Bodhgaya - Daibutsu (1)
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Museums Bangkok (Thailand) - Bangkok National Museum (2) Bombay - Prince of Wales Museum (17) Bhopal - Birla Museum (3) Calcutta - Indian Museum (33) Madras - Government Museum (5) New Delhi - New Delhi Museum (21) Thanjavur - Rajaraja Museum (16) Udaipur - City Palace Museum (1) Varanasi - Bharat Kala Bhavan Museum (16)
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Other Sights Dance:
Bharat Natyam (5)
Kathakali (1)
Lambadi (1)
Gotipua (2) People (19) Scenery (7) Scholars (4) Shrines (10)
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Reference Bibliography Glossary and Index Jain Iconography Map of India Parts of a North Indian Temple Parts of an East Indian Temple Parts of a Stupa Spelling and Pronunciation Timeline of the Art of India Web Resources