When1: 700
When2: 1300
What: architect
Where: India
works\ sikhara or temples [700 to 1300]
Detail: After 700, main temple-architecture styles are Nagara in north India, Dravida in south India, and Vesara on Deccan peninsula. Hindu curvilinear tower temples {sikhara} were in cross shape and were in Khajuraho region in north India. Dravida temples were pyramids and had stories. Vesara temples had northern and southern influences.
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