The Chalukyas of Badami and Kalyan

First Online June 10, 2002
Page Last Updated: September 07,2008

In the cultural history of  South India, the emergence of the Chalukyas of Badami and Chalukyas of Kalyan is an important event, particularly in the field of art and architecture. They caused the excavations of rock cut temples and construction of structural temples. Having made use of the locally available red sand stone, they experimented to blend the characteristic features of the contemporary Indian architectural styles--Rekhanaga and Dravida.

Table of Contents

• Chalukyas of Kalyan
• Chalukyan Art of Aihole
• Chalukyan Art of Badami
• A Chalukyan Miniature Painting
• Designs from a Pattadakal Temple
• Lad Khan Temple, Aihole
• Man Offers Ring to Girlfriend
• A Pattadkal sculpture
• Romance of Shiva and Parvati
• Shiva and his bull vehicle Nandi
• Shiva Killing an Asura, Badami Sculpture
• Shiva with his bull
• Unique Temple of Aihole, 7th Century A.D.

See Also:

• Dynasties of Deccan