UPSC Prelims · 1990 · GS Paper I · Q81
In which one of the following periods were the rock-cut “Hindu” temples a characteristic feature of architecture?
- (A)Sungas
- (B)Satavahanas
- (C)Pallavas
- (D)Cholas
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Answer: (C) Pallavas
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Indian Architecture (Temple, Rock-cut, Indo-Islamic, Colonial)
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