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Gangaikondacholapuram through time

Now Gangaikondacholapuram, Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu

UNESCO World Heritage Site

  1. Theme 12a · 550 to 1200 CE

    Understanding early medieval India

    The temple of Rajendra I, about 1030 CE, with a curved vimana profile

  2. Theme 12e · 575 to 1279 CE

    South India: Pallavas, Pandyas, Cholas

    Rajendra I's capital, its temple with a curved vimana profile; UNESCO

  3. Theme M4 · 1070 to 1323 CE

    South India before the Sultanate: the last Cholas, Hoysalas, Pandyas and Kakatiyas

    The second Chola capital, with one of the three Chola temples that are World Heritage Sites