TEMPLES IN KASHMIR

🖍️TEMPLES IN KASHMIR

♦️The Kashmiri temple architecture has its unique features suited to local geography and are renowned for its exquisite stone carvings. Due to its location on the important trade routes, the architectural style is inspired by 

many foreign sources. 

♦️Temple making reached a great height under the rulers of Karkota dynasty and Utpala dynasty. 

The main features of Kashmir style of architecture are: 

♦️ Trefoil arches (Gandhara influence)Cellular layout and enclosed courtyard 

♦️Straight-edged pyramidal roof 

♦️Column walls (Greek influence) 

♦️Triangular pediments (Greek influence) 

♦️Relatively more number of steps

🖍️ ARCHITECTURAL IN KASHMIR

♦️Development of Kashmiri architecture can be broadly divided into two important phases of its political rule – early medieval Hindu phase and 14th century onwards Muslim rule.

♦️No major monuments that were made prior to 600 AD exist, except few Buddhist monuments like monastery and stupas (now in ruins) were discovered at Harwan and Ushkar.