No pre-7th century CE South Indian free-standing stone temples have survived. Samples of early main South Indian temples which have survived, some in ruins, involve the varied variations at Mahabalipuram, with the 7th and 8th hundreds of years. Based on Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic designs of several different https://newswirescan.blogspot.com/2024/02/temple-heritage-and-cultural-history-of.html