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Question
How can we classify the Pallava architecture?
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Solution
- Rock – cut temples
- Mahendravarman style
- Monolithic Rathas and sculptural Mandapas – Mamallan Style
- Structural Temples – Rajasimhan style and Nandivarman style.
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