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Medieval Sculpture: Chitorgarh

Title:Medieval Sculpture: Chitorgarh
Author:Goetz, Hermann
Publication:Marg
Enumeration:Vol. 12 Issue no. 2; March 1959, p. 41-44
Abstract:Chittorgarh was a key fortress of Rajasthan, and in the 14th century became the capital of the Rajput federation against the Delhi sultans. Its early architecture includes a small votive stupa, possibly of Mauryan times; the Annapurna temple with some late Gupta reliefs; reliefs of Karttikeya and Ganesha, and those adapted from Buddhist prototypes; the 8th century Surya temple; the temple of Mahakali with early Pratihara architecture; the Solanki-style Jaina and Sringar Chauri temples (1150); and the Kumbhasyama temple built by Rana Kumbha in 1448 upon a 9th-century substructure. Rana Kumbha's reign was the golden age of architecture and sculpture at Chittorgarh when many forts, temples, and palaces were built, including the "towers of victory" (Jayasthambha and Kirtisthambha).

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