TY - BOOK AU - Michell, George TI - Badami, Aihole, Pattadakal SN - 9788184956009 U1 - 915.475 PY - 2014/// CY - Mumbai PB - Jaico N1 - index N2 - Badami Aihole Pattadakal The town of Badami, the nearby villages of Aihole and Pattadakal and the pilgrimage site of Mahakuta, in the Malprabha valley of central Karnataka, are celebrated for their magnificent rock-cut shrines and structural temples. These Hindu and Jain monuments are associated with the Early Chalukyas who reigned over this part of the Deccan during the 6th8th centuries. Together with a profusion of magnificent sculptures, mostly found in situ, these shrines and temples may be considered among the earliest, best preserved vestiges of temple art in India. ER -