GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Monumental
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Hierarchical
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Roman
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Monumental architecture is any structure that’s scale and elaboration exceed the requirements of any practical functions that a building is intended to perform” (Trigger 1990:119), and includes pyramids, coliseums, temples, shrines, and palaces.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Badami Chalukyas also called the Early Chalukyas, ruled from Badami, Karnataka in the period 543–753 and spawned the Vesara style called Badami Chalukya Architecture. The finest examples of their art are seen in Pattadakal, Aihole and Badami in northern Karnataka. Over 150 temples remain in the Malaprabha basin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples include pyramids, large tombs, and burial mounds, plazas, platform mounds, temples and churches, palaces and elite residences, astronomical observatories, and erected groups of standing stones.