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    The Chalukyas of Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal (450 AD To 750 AD)

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    The Chalukya dynasty ruled between 450-750 AD in the area between Kanchipuram and Ellora. They were an influential kingdom that saw innovations in medieval Indian art. The document discusses three major temple sites constructed during this period - the Aihole, Badami, and Pattadakal groups of temples. It provides details on the earliest Ladh Khan temple and the later Durga temple at Aihole, noting their architectural features and significance in the development of stone Hindu architecture.

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    The Chalukya dynasty ruled between 450-750 AD in the area between Kanchipuram and Ellora. They were an influential kingdom that saw innovations in medieval Indian art. The document discusses three major temple sites constructed during this period - the Aihole, Badami, and Pattadakal groups of temples. It provides details on the earliest Ladh Khan temple and the later Durga temple at Aihole, noting their architectural features and significance in the development of stone Hindu architecture.

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    The Chalukyas of Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal (450 AD To 750 AD)

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    THE CHALUKYAS OF AIHOLE, BADAMI AND PATTADAKAL

    (450 AD to 750 AD)

    • The Chalukya Dynasty began in the mid fifth century AD. The capitals at
    Aihole , Badami and Pattadkal saw the construction of a fabulous series
    of monuments.

    • The Chalukya territory lay between Kanchipuram and Ellora and


    constituted a centre of influence in medieval Indian art. Many artistic
    innovations originated here and spread their influence far and wide,
    while the contributions of the Pallavas in the South and of Orissa in the
    north east were absorbed into Chalukyan art with northern influence.

    • Aihole Group of Temples


    • Badami Group of Temples
    • Pattadakal Group of Temples
    AIHOLE GROUP OF TEMPLES
    Majority of Temples at Aihole are
    Brahmanical, few are Jain.
    • All appear to have been erected in the
    period between 450 AD and 650 AD.
    • Aihole group of temples consist of
    some seventy buildings, about thirty
    of which are contained inside a walled
    and bastioned enclosure, while the
    other are disposed within vicinity. It is
    in fact a town of temples.
    • Temples at Aihole have flat or slightly
    sloping roofs but in some instances are
    surmounted by a small upper storey or
    tower (shikhara), which appears to
    have been added later.
    • Aihole is significant in view of its two
    main temples, the Ladh khan Temple
    and Durga Temple. They illustrate two
    distinct variants in the development of
    dressed stone Hindu Architecture.
    LADH KHAN TEMPLE AIHOLE (5th C)

    • It is considered to be the oldest of the Aihole Group.


    • The Temple is so called because of a Muslim hermit Ladh Khan had made it
    as his residence in 19th century.
    • In shape it is a comparatively low flat roofed building.
    • It is inspired or devised from Village “Santhagraha” or Village Meeting
    hall which was planned for secular and civic use. It was Timber
    Construction.
    LADH KHAN TEMPLE AIHOLE (5th C)
    AIHOLE GROUP OF TEMPLES

    • The temple stands on square plan


    of 15m side with high platform.
    • It comprises a double peripheral
    corridor surrounding a sculpture of
    Nandi, the bull emblem of Shiva.
    • It s cella or Garbhagriha stands next
    to the back wall of the temple.
    • Sixteen columns support this
    structure, which is lit by holes in
    pierced in the stone slabs.
    • It is preceded by a vestibule with
    four central and eight outer
    columns, all of which rise from a
    low perimeter wall. This form a sort
    of verandah and could have served
    as a mandapa.
    • Access is via a staircase flanked by
    an elegant banister.
    • The roofing technique seem to be a primitive effort to replace the
    conventional thatched roof on a wooden frame with a stone roof.
    • The squat square section pillars carry the considerable weight of the roof
    via a system of capitals composed of four sturdy brackets arranged in a
    cross shape.
    • The decoration of the Temple includes
    handsome jali‐ stone slabs whose
    perforations compose geometrical motifs
    and relief sculptures on the columns of the
    vestibule.
    • On the summit of the roof , a small cubical
    shikhara has reliefs of the three divinities:
    Vishnu, Surya and Devi.
    • No Mortar is used in construction of the
    temple
    DURGA TEMPLE AIHOLE (675 to 725 AD) AIHOLE GROUP OF TEMPLES

    • It is an apsidal – ended structure measuring 18m x 12m, with a large portico


    on its front 7.5m depth, so that the entire length is 25.5m.
    • Its peripheral colonnade itself has a apse, which encloses a structure of the
    same shape containing a hall, in which two rows of four columns form a nave
    and the side aisles.
    • The cella apsidal formula is reflected in the cella, which stands in the centre
    of the apse, leaving a narrow corridor for circumambulation. The layout
    adopts some elements of the plan of a Buddhist chaitya.
    • In front of sanctuary an
    entrance portico slightly
    narrower than the temple is
    reached by two staircases at
    right angles to the temple axis.
    • In the portico, a series of
    columns rises from the low
    perimeter walls. Graceful
    deities, treated in a vigorous
    style of relief carving,
    ornament the pillars, which
    are capped with bracket
    capitals.
    • Raised on a high particularly
    high and heavily moulded
    plinth, the topmost tier of the
    flat roof is 9m from the
    ground. Over the apse a short
    pyramidal tower or shikhara,
    has been added later.

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