Maru-Gurjara architecture
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Māru-Gurjara architecture or Solaṅkī style, is the style of West Indian temple architecture that originated in Gujarat and Rajasthan from the 11th to 13th centuries, under the Chaulukya dynasty. Altho
Navlakha Temple, Ghumli, Gujarat, 12th century
Interior of Jain Luna Vasahi temple at Dilwara, Mount Abu, 1230 and later, with typical "flying arches".
Mandapa ceiling in the Ranakpur Jain Temple
Devotions in the Swaminarayan temple in Houston, Texas (2004)
Chaulukya dynasty
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The Chaulukya dynasty, also Solanki dynasty, was a dynasty that ruled parts of what are now Gujarat and Rajasthan in north-western India, between c. 940 CE and c. 1244 CE. Their capital was located at
Maru-Gurjara architecture
…or Solaṅkī style, is the style of West Indian temple architecture that originated in Gujarat and Rajasthan from the 11th to 13th centuries, under the Chaulukya dynasty (also called Solaṅkī dynasty). Although originating as a regional style in Hindu temple architecture, it became especially popular in Jain temples, and…
Chaulukya Paramara coin circa AD 950 1050
A 1010 CE copper-plate inscription from the reign of Durlabharaja
The Somnath temple today
Jain Shvetambara Tirthankara in Meditation, Chaulukya period now in Metropolitan Museum of Art, c. 1000 – c. 1050