First Principles IASlearning from first principles

Somnathpur through time

Now Somanathapura, Mysuru district, Karnataka

UNESCO World Heritage Site

  1. Theme 12d · 543 to 1200 CE; the Hoysalas and Yadavas to 1346

    The Deccan: Chalukyas to Yadavas

    The Kesava temple of the Hoysalas

  2. Theme 12a · 550 to 1200 CE

    Understanding early medieval India

    The Hoysala Kesava temple, one of the Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas

  3. Theme M4 · 1070 to 1323 CE

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

    The Keshava temple of 1268, by Somanatha Dandanayaka, the only Hoysala temple with its complete shikhara