Erosion or Erasure? Reassessing the 'Lost' Temple Estimates in the Brihadeeswara Complex

Recent LiDAR surveys of the Tamil Nadu region have upended 19th-century narratives of temple collapse, suggesting that many ruins previously attributed to deliberate destruction were actually victims of seismic subsidence and riverbank erosion. By cross-referencing geological strata with inscriptions on the vitrified bricks found in the underground galleries, this piece challenges the standard historiography of medieval South Indian temple architecture.

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