Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. South Asian
7. Indian (South Asian)
8. Indian architecture styles

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Scope note:

A style of temple architecture found in southern India characterized by terraced towers, sometimes pyramidal in shape, with a domed structure at the top; each terraced storey is enclosed by a balustrade and ringed by small architectural aediculae. The aediculae can be square-domed structures on the corners (kutas) and intermediate barrel-vaulted halls (salas) connected by segments of a miniature vaulted cloister (hara). This style of stone temple architecture began in the seventh century and continued to develop over the centuries.