High Middle Ages · South Asia · Culture
1250
Konark Sun Temple begun
1250
King Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty ordered a colossal temple to Surya built on the Bay of Bengal as a stone chariot drawn by seven carved horses. The Konark temple would stand for centuries before its great tower collapsed, leaving ruins that still stun visitors. Its erotic sculptures and astronomical alignments made it both a devotional masterpiece and a calendar in stone.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.