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Hoysaleswara Temple

A substantially surviving temple with missing and damaged sculpture; the capital suffered repeated raids.

Halebidu · Karnataka

LAST DOCUMENTED CONDITION

Survives with damage

As documented: 2026-09-28
LOCATION PRECISION

Approximate locality

13.2132°, 75.9950° · not a surveyed footprint

How to read this history

AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.

The recorded chronology

Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.

  1. Partial destruction · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗

    14th century AD · approximate

    Accounts associate the capital’s raids with temple losses. Many reliefs survive, while some figures and architectural elements are missing.

    eventAttributed · further checking needed

    Accounts associate the capital’s raids with temple losses. Many reliefs survive, while some figures and architectural elements are missing.

    The century is a broad historical context, not the date of every damaged figure.

    dateAttributed · further checking needed

    14th century · approximate

    actorAttributed · further checking needed

    Delhi Sultanate forces

Location & last documented condition

locationSupported in consulted sources

Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.

present conditionAttributed · further checking needed

The structure survives with documented losses.

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