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	The construction of the temple has been attributed to the [[Rashtrakuta Dynasty\|Rashtrakuta]] king [[Krishna I]] (r. 756–773 CE),{{sfn\|Owen\|2012\|pp=135–136}} but elements of [[Pallava dynasty#Pallava architecture\|Pallava]] architecture have also been noted.<ref>{{cite book \|author1=Hermann Kulke \|author2=Dietmar Rothermund \|title=A History of India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RoW9GuFJ9GIC&pg=PA120 \|year=2004 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-0-415-32920-0 \|page=120 }}</ref> The dimensions of the courtyard are 82 meters by 46 meters at the base, and 30 meters high (280 × 160 × 106 feet).<ref name=goetz84>{{cite journal \| last=Goetz \| first=H. \| title=The Kailasa of Ellora and the Chronology of Rashtrakuta Art \| journal=Artibus Asiae \| volume=15 \| issue=1/2 \| year=1952 \| pages=84–107 \| doi=10.2307/3248615 \| jstor=3248615 }}</ref> The entrance features a low [[gopuram]]. The central shrine housing the [[lingam]] features a flat-roofed [[mandapa]] supported by 16 pillars, and a [[Dravidian architecture\|Dravidian]] [[shikhara]]. An image of Shiva's mount [[Nandi bull\|Nandi]] (the sacred bull) stands on a porch in front of the temple.<ref name="UNESCO_SecII_2003"/> Two of the walls in the main temple house rows of carvings depicting the [[Mahabharata]], along the north side, and the [[Ramayana]], on the south side.{{Sfn\| Dhavalikar\|2003\|p=56}}		The construction of the temple has been attributed to the [[Rashtrakuta Dynasty\|Rashtrakuta]] king [[Krishna I]] (r. 756–773 CE),{{sfn\|Owen\|2012\|pp=135–136}} but elements of [[Pallava dynasty#Pallava architecture\|Pallava]] architecture have also been noted.<ref>{{cite book \|author1=Hermann Kulke \|author2=Dietmar Rothermund \|title=A History of India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RoW9GuFJ9GIC&pg=PA120 \|year=2004 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-0-415-32920-0 \|page=120 }}</ref> The dimensions of the courtyard are 82 meters by 46 meters at the base, and 30 meters high (280 × 160 × 106 feet).<ref name=goetz84>{{cite journal \| last=Goetz \| first=H. \| title=The Kailasa of Ellora and the Chronology of Rashtrakuta Art \| journal=Artibus Asiae \| volume=15 \| issue=1/2 \| year=1952 \| pages=84–107 \| doi=10.2307/3248615 \| jstor=3248615 }}</ref> The entrance features a low [[gopuram]]. The central shrine housing the [[lingam]] features a flat-roofed [[mandapa]] supported by 16 pillars, and a [[Dravidian architecture\|Dravidian]] [[shikhara]]. An image of Shiva's mount [[Nandi bull\|Nandi]] (the sacred bull) stands on a porch in front of the temple.<ref name="UNESCO_SecII_2003"/> Two of the walls in the main temple house rows of carvings depicting the [[Mahabharata]], along the north side, and the [[Ramayana]], on the south side.{{Sfn\| Dhavalikar\|2003\|p=56}}

	The Kailasha temple is considered a highly notable example of temple construction from 1st millennium Indian history,{{Sfn\|Susan L. Huntington\| John C.. Huntington \|2014\|p=338}}<ref name="dhavalikar1982p33">M. K. Dhavalikar (1982), [https://www.jstor.org/stable/42931407 "Kailasa – The Stylistic Development and Chronology"], ''Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute'', Vol. 41, pp. 33–45</ref~~><ref name=higham105/~~> and was called, by Carmel Berkson, "a wonder of the world" among rock-cut monuments.{{Sfn\|Berkson\|1992\|p=30}}		The Kailasha temple is considered a highly notable example of temple construction from 1st millennium Indian history,{{Sfn\|Susan L. Huntington\| John C.. Huntington \|2014\|p=338}}<ref name=higham105/><ref name="dhavalikar1982p33">M. K. Dhavalikar (1982), [https://www.jstor.org/stable/42931407 "Kailasa – The Stylistic Development and Chronology"], ''Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute'', Vol. 41, pp. 33–45</ref> and was called, by Carmel Berkson, "a wonder of the world" among rock-cut monuments.{{Sfn\|Berkson\|1992\|p=30}}

	===The Dashavatara: Cave 15===		===The Dashavatara: Cave 15===

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'''Ellora Caves''' is the name for a number of [[Cave|caves]] in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Maharashtra]]. The 34 caves are located about {{Convert|30|km||abbr=}} north of Aurangabad. They are among the most visited cave sites in India. They have been made an [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage site]] in 1983.

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