Question

how did is the cholas contribution towards architecture and sculpture

Answer 1

The chola temples were built during chola
rule.The Cholas built their temple in the
traditional way of the Pallava dynasty, who were
themselves influenced by the Amaravati school
of architecture. The Chola artists and artisans
further drew their influences from other
contemporary art and architectural schools and
elevated the Dravidian temple design to greater
heights.[1] The Chola kings built numerous
temples throughout their kingdom, which
normally comprised the plains, Central and
Northern Tamil Nadu and at times the entire
state of Tamil Nadu as also adjoining parts of
modern Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. In the
evolution of the Chola temple architecture we
can roughly see three major phases, beginning
with the early phase, starting with Vijayalaya
Chola and continuing till Sundara Chola, the
middle phase of Rajaraja Chola and Rajendra
Chola when the achievements scaled heights
never reached before or since and the final
phase during the Chalukya Chola period of
Kulottunga Chola I till the demise of the Chola
empire.
The Cholas in addition to their temples, also built
many buildings such as hospitals, public utility
buildings and palaces. Many such buildings find
mention in their inscriptions and in contemporary
accounts. The golden palace that Aditya Karikala
supposedly built for his father Sundara Chola is
an example of such a building. However, such
buildings were of perishable materials such as
timber and fired bricks and have not survived the
ravages of time.
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