No pre-seventh century CE South Indian free-standing stone temples have survived. Samples of early main South Indian temples that have survived, some in ruins, consist of the assorted models at Mahabalipuram, with the seventh and 8th centuries. In line with Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic types of a range https://latestnewsblast.blogspot.com/2024/04/unveiling-majesty-of-hindu-temple-in.html