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Figure: 3.3 - Brihadeeswarar Temple, Tanjavur.
Source: (Brihadeeswarar-temple, 2015)
3.3 TIMELINE OF HINDU ARCHITECTURE
The forerunner of Hinduism is called Brahmanism, in which just Brahmans (priests), the most astounding class among four varnas into which individuals were partitioned by birth in antiquated India, could middle of the road amongst gods and believers. It was basically a religion of ceremonies stressing penances of creatures to gods.
On the opposite side, Buddhism and Jainism were agnostic religions built up around the sixth century BC in logical inconsistency to the standing framework and the conciliatory practices of Brahmanism, so their temples were in a general sense spots of seeking after illumination for monks and explaining lessons to laypeople.
