No pre-7th century CE South Indian free-standing stone temples have survived. Samples of early major South Indian temples which have survived, some in ruins, involve the various kinds at Mahabalipuram, in the 7th and 8th hundreds of years. Based on Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic types of a range https://newzblitzonline.blogspot.com/2024/01/exploring-hanuman-temples-cultural.html