Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

With reference to the Nagara and Dravida orders of temple architecture, consider the following table:

No. Feature Nagara order Dravida order
1 Main temple tower Curving shikhara Stepped-pyramid vimana
2 Enclosure and entrance Usually lacks elaborate boundary walls and gateways Enclosed by a compound wall with a central entrance gateway called gopuram
3 Typical entrance figures Fierce dvarapalas Ganga and Yamuna
4 Relation of tower to sanctum Garbhagriha lies directly beneath the tallest tower At some major temples, the garbhagriha may lie beneath one of the smallest towers

How many of the rows given above are fully correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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