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The mandapa of an Odisha temple is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sun temple at Konark was built in stone around:Read the answer and worked solution →Konark's Sun temple has how many pairs of enormous chariot wheels?Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike nagara temples, a dravida temple is enclosed within a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Srirangam temple in Tiruchirapalli has how many concentric enclosure walls with gopurams?Read the answer and worked solution →Narasimhavarman I, who acceded the Pallava throne around 640 CE, was also known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Brihadeswara temple at Thanjavur was completed around 1009 by:Read the answer and worked solution →The vimana of the Brihadeswara temple rises to about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kailashnath temple at Ellora, carved from living rock, was the greatest architectural achievement of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebid and Somnathpuram are known for their:Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayanagara, literally city of victory, was founded in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the nagara elementsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the dravida wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the temple yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the temple wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Nagara or dravidaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the temple regionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Temple architecture bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Bronze is an alloy made by mixing copper, zinc and:Read the answer and worked solution →The cire-perdu casting process is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Dancing Girl of Mohenjodaro, perhaps the earliest Indian bronze, dates to about:Read the answer and worked solution →Bronze statuettes including a chariot were found at Daimabad, datable to:Read the answer and worked solution →Kushana period bronze images of Jain tirthankaras were discovered at Chausa in:Read the answer and worked solution →A famous hoard of Jain bronzes was found at Akota on the outskirts of:Read the answer and worked solution →Ambika is the Shasanadevi of:Read the answer and worked solution →Gupta period standing Buddha bronzes show the right hand in:Read the answer and worked solution →The monumental Gupta bronze Buddha with foldless drapery comes from Sultanganj in:Read the answer and worked solution →In the lost-wax process, the wax model is covered with a paste of equal parts clay, sand and:Read the answer and worked solution →In the lost-wax process, the weight of metal used is how many times that of the wax?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The mandapa of an Odisha temple is called the:

  1. Natamandira
  2. Jagamohana
  3. Garbhagriha
  4. Ardhamandapa
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Correct answer: B. Jagamohana

1. The shikhara is called deul. 2. The mandapa is the jagamohana. 3. Odisha temples usually have boundary walls. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 6, Temple Architecture and Sculpture._

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The Sun temple at Konark was built in stone around:

  1. 1150
  2. 1026
  3. 1240
  4. 1009
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Correct answer: C. 1240

1. Its shikhara reached about 70 metres before it fell. 2. It was built around 1240. 3. The jagamohana survives. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 6, Temple Architecture and Sculpture._

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Konark's Sun temple has how many pairs of enormous chariot wheels?

  1. Seven
  2. Twenty
  3. Sixteen
  4. Twelve
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Correct answer: D. Twelve

1. The temple resembles a processional chariot. 2. There are twelve pairs of wheels. 3. Seven horses pull the chariot. _Source: syllabus An Introduction to Indian Art, Chapter 6, Temple Architecture and Sculpture._

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