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Cave Temples and Rock-Carved Temples
It is assumed that ancient India was plentiful in wood and most temples were work of timber, however none have survived. The ancient Architecture that we can see now is comprised of cave temples, which were unearthed into rough mountains and architecturally cut in detail. This frame was started by Buddhist monks and workers, executing upwards of a couple of hundred in numbers from the 2nd century BC crosswise over India (Kolapen & Kolapen , 2002).
Then again, since the Hindus favored model more than any of the developmental expressions, they needed to make even their architectural fills in as though forms. Solid temples, etched not as caves but rather straight forwardly upon one shake in the round in this demeanor, are called 'shake cut temples'. Begun in Mahabalipuram in the seventh century, it accomplished its apogee in the Kailasha Temple at Ellora in the eighth century. Such a sculptural character in Indian Architecture would remain as the essential component in later stone temples as well.
Figure 3.6:- Plan of the Gondeshvara Temple in Sinnar, in the Pancha-yatana Form
Source: (Hind_eng, 2017)
Although the less complex Hindu temples did not have Mandapas, made up of a single garbhagriha (sanctum) running with a patio, they progressively extended to scale, according to the institution of the form. The garbhagriha itself did not expand, in light of the fact that it was a square room flanked by thick dividers; however it extended its game plan, surrounded by a circumambulatory passage for worship, and was surpassed
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