No pre-seventh century CE South Indian cost-free-standing stone temples have survived. Examples of early major South Indian temples which have survived, some in ruins, involve the numerous designs at Mahabalipuram, through the 7th and 8th centuries. According to Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic models of several different formal buildings https://wirepressreleases.blogspot.com/2024/04/unveiling-majesty-of-hindu-temple-in.html