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The earliest surviving extant, i.e. still standing, temples date from the ____ period?
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Maurya
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Gupta
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Vedic
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Sunga
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It began during 320 A.D and ended in the 6th century. Gupta period’s temples are still in existence. Chandra Gupta, I is known as the first great king of the Gupta dynasty .
Detailed explanation-2: -Solution. The Dasavatara Temple, also known as Vishnu Temple, at Deogarh near Jhansi, and Bhitargaon Temple near Kanpur.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the concept of Gupta age architecture, it includes both sculptural temples as well as the temples of rock-cut caves. Guptas established the temples of Buddhist rock-cut at Bagh, Madhya Pradesh, and Ajanta, Maharashtra. In the Gupta period, the Guptas established Hindu structural temples for the first time in India.
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