Thegreatest stylisticforms of templearchitecture duringthe early medievalperiodwere theNagara, theDravidaandthe Vesara ,. Whichof thefollowingwas thegeographicalspread oftheDravidastyle ? (a) Between Vindhyan andKrishna river (b ) BetweenKrishna and Kaveririvers ( c)Between Vindhyan andKaveri river (d ) BetweenGodavari and Krishna rivers

Thegreatest stylisticforms of templearchitecture duringthe early medie

1.	Thegreatest stylisticforms of templearchitecture duringthe early medievalperiodwere theNagara, theDravidaandthe Vesara ,. Whichof thefollowingwas thegeographicalspread oftheDravidastyle ? (a) Between Vindhyan andKrishna river (b ) BetweenKrishna and Kaveririvers ( c)Between Vindhyan andKaveri river (d ) BetweenGodavari and Krishna rivers
Answer» Boththe statements areindividually TRUE andStatementII isthe correctexplanation ofStatement I. Boththestatements are individually truebut STATEMENT II isnot thecorrectexplanation of Statement I. Statement I istrue butStatementII is false Statement I is falsebut Statement II is true . Solution :Dravidian style temples consist almost in invariably of the three follwing parts, ARRANGED in deffering ,manners, but duffering in themselves only according to the age in which they were executed: porhes or Mandapams, which always cover and precedethe door leading to the cell. Gate-pyramids, Gopurams, which are the principalfeatures in the quadrangular enclosures that surround the more notable temles. Gopurams are very common in Dravidian tipmles. pillared (Chaultris of Chawadis) are used for many purposs and are the INVARIABLE accopaniments of temple. Besides these, a timple always contains tanks or wells for water to be used for sacred purposes or the convenience of the priests - dwelling for all the grades of the priesthood are attached to it, and other building for state or convenience.