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The Shaivite (“SHY-vyte”) phase at one of these places likely drew on iconography attributed to the Early Kalachuris at another of them on Elephanta Island. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these places where early medieval monks engraved copper-plate grants. These places included Udayagiri, Ellora, and a site where Xuánzàng (“shwen-zahng”) viewed Vākāṭaka (“vah-KAH-tuh-kuh”) viharas and chaityas (“CHATE-yuh’s”).
ANSWER: caves [or caverns; accept cave temples; accept Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Elephanta Caves, or Udayagiri Caves; prompt on Hindu temples, mandir, Buddhist monasteries, monastery, stūpas, or hermitages by asking “built in what sort of location?”]
[10h] The Kailāsha (“kay-LAH-shuh”) temple carved by this Deccan dynasty in the Ellora Caves may be the world’s largest monolith. This dynasty from Manyakheta (“mun-yuh-KAY-tuh”) contested Kannauj (“KUN-nawj”) with the Pālas and Gurjara-Pratīhāras after the death of Harsha.
ANSWER: Rashtrakuta (“RASH-truh-KOO-tuh”) dynasty [or Rāshṭrakūṭas or Rāṣṭrakūṭas]
[10e] Several Rāshṭrakūṭa carvings in the Ellora Caves reflect King Krishna I’s patronage of this tradition, whose “sky-clad” school thrived in Mālwā under the Rāshṭrakūṭas’ Paramāra vassals.
ANSWER: Jainism [or Jains or Jaina or Jain Dharma; accept Digambara]
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Arizona StateVirginia1001020
Johns HopkinsBrown001010
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FloridaColumbia B0000
HarvardChicago C001010
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MichiganMaryland1001020
Cornell BMinnesota B1001020
Cornell ANorth Carolina A1001020
North Carolina BKentucky001010
IllinoisNorthwestern001010
Claremont CollegesPenn001010
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