Dashavatara Temple - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Dashavatara Temple - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Dashavatara Temple is an early 6th century Lord Vishnu Hindu temple located at Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh which is 125 kilometers from Jhansi, in the Betwa River valley in northern-central India.Dehejia, Vidya. Indian Art. New York, NY: Phaidon Press Limited, 1997, p. 143 It has a simple, one cell square plan and is one of the earliest Hindu stone temples still surviving today. Built in the Gupta Period, the Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh shows the ornate Gupta style architecture.Rowland, Benjamin. The Art and Architecture of India. Kingsport, Tennessee: Kingsport Press, Inc., 1953 p. 224Mitter, Partha. Indian Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. p. 42 Read more on Wikipedia
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