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GK QUESTION#2284

The Kailasa Temple at Ellora, known for its remarkable rock-cut architecture, was hewn from how many pieces of rock?

  1. AA single monolithic rockCorrect answer
  2. BMultiple separate stones
  3. CTwo connected boulders
  4. DStone slabs joined together
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A. A single monolithic rock

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The Kailasa temple at Ellora is monolithic: it was excavated from the living rock rather than assembled from separate blocks.

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