Sun Temple, Modhera
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The Sun Temple of Modhera is a Hindu temple dedicated to the solar deity Surya, located in the village of Modhera in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India. The temple is situated on the bank of the river P
The temple complex
"Formal Structure in Indian Architcture", Klaus Herdeg (1967)
Gudhamandapa
Gudhamandapa with annotation of exterior moldings (click to enlarge)
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
Sun Temple, Modhera
…The temple is situated on the bank of the river Pushpavati, and was constructed in the 11th century during the reign of Bhima I and Karna I of the Chaulukya dynasty. The temple is no longer used for worship and is a protected monument maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India. The temple complex has three…
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