Examples of Dravidian in the following topics:
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Architecture of Hindu Temples
- Hindu architecture, representing a plurality of beliefs, is commonly divided into the northern Nagara and southern Dravidian styles.
- In the southern Dravidian style, the tower or gopuram consists of progressive smaller stories of pavilions.
- Differentiate between the northen Nagara and southern Dravidian styles of Hindu temple architecture
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Southern Style Temples in Southeast Asia
- Dravidian architecture was an architectural idiom that emerged in the Southern part of the Indian subcontinent, or South India.
- Dravidian-style temples consist almost invariably of the three following parts, arranged in differing manners according to the age in which they were executed:
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Nayak Architecture
- The temple has 10 ornate gopurams and a hall with 985 pillars, each of which is a sculpture in the Dravidian style.
- Nayak civic architecture combines Dravidian and Islamic styles, as exemplified by the palace erected by King Thirumalai Nayak of the Madurai Nayak dynasty in 1636 CE.
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Social Definition of Race
- Dravidians and Sinhalese are in olive green, and their classification is described as uncertain.
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Expansion of the Maurya Empire
- Bindusara ignored the friendly Dravidian kingdoms of the Cholas, ruled by King Ilamcetcenni; the Pandyas; and Cheras.