No pre-7th century CE South Indian free-standing stone temples have survived. Examples of early main South Indian temples which have survived, some in ruins, include the various types at Mahabalipuram, from the seventh and 8th centuries. In accordance with Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic models of many different official https://buzzfeedline.blogspot.com/2024/02/temple-heritage-and-cultural-history-of.html