No pre-seventh century CE South Indian totally free-standing stone temples have survived. Examples of early main South Indian temples which have survived, some in ruins, consist of the varied models at Mahabalipuram, in the seventh and 8th hundreds of years. Based on Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic versions of https://wirereleasezone.blogspot.com/2024/02/temple-heritage-and-cultural-history-of.html