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| | South Asia-South, 500-1000 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Temples are the focal point of both religious and social life, as regional rulers construct massive temple complexes that attest to the divine origins of their power on earth. |
 | | The complex at Aihole, made up of numerous structures, represents all the temple forms used in the period, and some buildings in the complex represent a hybrid of the two styles, southern and northern, which are both produced in the Deccan. |
 | | The Later Chalukyas, ruling from their capital at Kalyani (in present-day Mysore), displace the Rashtrakutas in the eighth century. |
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