No pre-seventh century CE South Indian free-standing stone temples have survived. Samples of early major South Indian temples which have survived, some in ruins, include things like the diverse designs at Mahabalipuram, in the seventh and 8th hundreds of years. Based on Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic versions of https://newsprnetwork.blogspot.com/2024/05/exploring-tranquil-beauty-of-hanuman.html