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Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram

a Pleiades place resource

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The so-called "Shore Temple" of Mahabalipuram is a granite-built tomb at the "Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram" UNESCO World Heritage Site. It dates to the eighth century CE.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/126644698

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
12.6165815493, 80.1990237213

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Shore Temple Complex, Mahabalipuram (AD 700 - AD 799) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Shore Temple (English, modern)

Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram makes connections with:

Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram located at Mahabalipuram (unspecified date range)

Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram receives connections from:

None

Place type:
tomb, temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

An eighth century temple on the Bay of Bengal.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/126644698> [accessed: 11 July 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/126644698 |title=Places: 126644698 (Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram) |author=Becker, J., T. Elliott |accessdate=July 11, 2025 5:09 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Shore Temple of Mahabalipuram