Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

Which one of the following correctly describes the discovery of paintings in the Brihadeswara temple?

  1. A Chola layer was found beneath a sixteenth-century Nayaka layer.
  2. A Pallava layer was found beneath an early Chalukya layer.
  3. A Vijayanagara layer was found beneath a ninth-century Pandya layer.
  4. A Kerala mural layer was found beneath paintings of the Vakataka period.
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