Download Lingaraja Temple (Bhuvanesvar, India), c. 11th

Left: Draupadi Ratha at Mahabalipuram, 7th century
Right: Arjuna Ratha at Mahabalipuram, 7th century
ratha/ pyramidal roof (vimana)/
imitation of wood constructions
Durga Temple (Aihole, India) 675-725
influence of the Buddhist chaityas/
horseshoe-shaped cella
Brihadishvara (or Rajarajeshvara) Temple at
Thanjavur, begun 1002-3
gopurams/ rectangular cloister/
Chola dynasty/ King Rajaraja I
Left: Krishna watching
the gopis at their
toilette, decoration from
the first gopuram at
Thanjavur
Below: First gopuram at
Thanjavur
A painted gopuram
from Madurai
Skihara from the
Brihadishvara, or
Rajarajeshvara,
Temple at Thanjavur
pyramidal vimana/
stupi
Linga gallery of
the Thanjavur
Temple with
wall of paintings
depicting
scenes from the
mythology of
Shiva, 12th
century
Lingaraja Temple
(Bhuvanesvar,
India), c. 11th12th centuries
ascending
towers/ amalaka
Visvanatha Temple (Khajuraho, India), c. 1000
Entrance and plan to the
Visvanatha Temple
(Khajuraho, India), c. 1000
Mt. Meru/ emphasis on the exterior/
plinths/ mandapa
roofs of the mandapa
and their pyramidal
eaves
Tantrism/ yantra
Ardhanari (A composite
image of male and
female energy depicted
as the Hindu god Shiva,
with his consort Uma or
Pavarti
Stupa at Borobudur (Java), c. 800
use of the mandala to represent the three spheres
of Buddhist cosmology
rectilinear base and the first four tiers /60 reliefs
on the base/ jatakas and sutras on the rectilinear
four tiers/ circular upper four tiers
dhyani Buddhas of the upper circular tiers