The Chola rulers were great builders of temples. During their reign, the most magnificent temples were built in South India. The Chola temples became the centre of importance during their power. Most temples are dedicated to dedicated to Lord Shiva. Brihadeswara temple, Gangaikonda Cholpuram are some of the examples.
The finest examples of the art during the Gupta period are Ajanta caves. Out of the 31 rock-cut cave monuments at Ajanta, five are Chaitya Grihas. The five chaitya grihas are cave numbers 9, 10, 19, 26, and 29.
In Southern India, the ancient Indian writings were written in four Dravidian languages which developed their own script and literature, these are, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada,Malayalam
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Tamil is the oldest with literature dating back to early centuries of Christian era. This developed during the three Sangams(assemblies of poets and writers) held during different times