khajarao

Updated: May 6, 2025

In the twelfth century it again became important under the Gaharwar dynasty. Subsequently the eastern portion of the Pala kingdom separated itself under a rival dynasty known as the Senas. The former are thought to have been originally Gonds. They were great builders and constructed among other monuments the temples of Khajarao.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1

In the period extending from the eighth to the twelfth centuries, in which Buddhism practically disappeared and Islam came to the front as a formidable though not irresistible antagonist, the dominant form of Hinduism was that which finds expression in the older Puranas, in the temples of Orissa and Khajarao and the Kailâsa at Ellora.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1