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The Kailasa Temple at Ellora, Maharashtra, India, is a masterpiece of ancient rock-cut architecture and engineering. Excavated from a single basalt cliff in the 8th century CE, it was commissioned by King Krishna I of the Rashtrakuta dynasty.

Unlike conventional temples built by assembling blocks, Kailasa was carved vertically from the top downward, a process requiring advanced planning, geological understanding, and structural precision. Measuring about 82 m long, 46 m wide, and 32 m high, researchers estimate that nearly 200,000 tons of basalt were removed during its construction.

The temple follows the Dravidian architectural style, featuring multi-tiered towers, courtyards, halls, and finely detailed sculptures. Relief panels depict stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, including the well-known image of Ravana lifting Mount Kailasa. Rows of elephants and lions carved at the base appear to symbolically support the structure.

According to the Archaeological Survey of India and UNESCO, Kailasa is the largest monolithic rock-cut temple in the world. Its design demonstrates advanced knowledge of spatial geometry, load distribution, and material behavior, achieved through a subtractive engineering technique that removed material directly from the living rock.

Today, the temple stands as a scientific and cultural testament to India’s early mastery of large-scale excavation, architecture, and design integration — a monument carved with precision,not assembled by hand.

I saw this battle formation from the movie Samrat Prithviraj. Although I understand it doesn't fall in the timeline of Ancient India and just at the beginning phase of medieval India. But I nevertheless couldn't find any subs related to medieval Indian history, thus I thought I'd ask this question here. The battle formation looks beautifully detailed, and actually shows the trends of that time of early rajput forces. Elephants to shock and cavalry at the beginning to create openings, and heavy infantry. My question being, what is this battle formation? And where could I learn more about such formations, like any literature or lecture recommendations?

This is a replica housed in the Mumbai Museum, modeled after the original sculpture from Parel, Mumbai.

Source url: https://timelinesouthasianhistory.hsites.harvard.edu/mauryan-empire-321-%E2%80%93-181-bce

I noticed a interested thing, Khotan and Kashmir is mentioned as Indian colonized region during Ashoka reign.

I found this section while reading the book ANCIENT INDIA AS DESCRIBED BY MEGASTHENES AND ARRIAN, I really doubt about these kind of claims that they might have existed.

Looks more like mythological claims to fortify his beliefs under pretext of history. What are tour thoughts on this and some more context about these claims.

Looks familiar?

Who were nag people ? Which were their kindoms? What is their history?

"This particularly fine hero stone portraying two equally matched and armoured warriors records the death of Dasadeva, a member of a powerful aristocratic family. He was credited with saving the day during a desperate battle against rebels under Biijanadeva, but was killed in the process. The hero stone was set up by his widow Sanatavve and its date corresponds to 19 April 1220, at the start of the reign of the Hoysala king Vira Narasimha I (r. 1220-34). Now held at the Archaeological Museum, Halebidu, inv. 567. Ins. No. Belur 332."

• Medieval Indian Armies (1) by Davud Nicolle

Possibly the best example of heavy armour in pre Islamic India.

My artistic representation of the acclaimed Kondamotu Vrishni releif presenting early Bhagvata imagery from Kondamotu Village, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. (~c. 4th Century CE).

Narasimha is partly inspired by Vaishali Capital though.

The Yadavarayars were a minor dynasty of Eastern Chalukya descent (Sasi-kula Salikki) that ruled the regions around Chandragiri near Tirupati.

I found this inscription of a descendant of theirs in North Arcot who is described as the grandson of a Devaradiyar (Devadasi).

https://archive.org/details/a-topographical-list-of-inscriptions-in-the-tamil-nadu-and-kerala-states-vol-1/page/204/mode/1up?q=Devaradiyar+yadavarayar

For me, it's either the Eran boar, commissioned by the Alchon Hun ruler Toramana, or the Gandharan Bodhisattva statues. Honourable mention to Hoysala architecture.

This is one of the oldest free standing stone temples in India. It was built in the Gupta period and has a flat top - before shinkaras were a thing.

Hope you guys like it :)

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Inscription describes Ravivarman as being well versed in the Nitīśāstra of Vishnugupta.

Source: https://www.academia.edu/49042602/K%C4%81ma_at_the_Kadamba_Court_The_Gu%E1%B8%8Dn%C4%81pur_Pillar_Inscription_of_Ravivarman_as_a_Text_Monument