Aihole English text

The pictures from Aihole early period.

Shiva.

By the islamic invasion 1565 most statues were destroyed. When statues remain, most hands are off, and some stomaches.

Lekture in stonearchitecture in Russian.

The Gaudara Gudi temple from the fifth to the sixth century. In those days a family lived in the temple.

Chakragudi from the eighth century with unbroken statues.

Lennart