The Pattadakal group of monuments in Karnataka, southern India, is a cluster of Hindu and Jain temples built in the 7th and 8th centuries under the Chalukya dynasty. The Chalukya kings were crowned at Pattadakal, and the site, on the Malaprabha River, became a place of experiment in religious architecture. Its temples combine the northern Indian style, with curved towers, and the southern style, with stepped pyramidal roofs, in a blend that is rare. The largest, the Virupaksha Temple, is attributed to a queen who built it to celebrate her husband's victory over the Pallavas. Pattadakal was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987.
Before and after
- 8th centuryConstruction of Borobudur Temple
- from 800 CE to 1540Muisca Confederations
- from 8th century to 10th centuryCarolingian art
- from 800 CE to 1258Islamic Golden Age
- 8th centuryOrigins of Pattadakal Group of Monuments
- 801 CEBirth of Al-Kindi
- 9th centuryConstruction of Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
- 9th centuryConstruction of Vézelay Abbey
- 9th centuryConstruction of Princely Abbey of Corvey
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The era
This moment belongs to the Medieval world (500 CE to 1500 CE), kingdoms, faiths and trade routes.