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Which of the following is also known as the South Indian temple style?
Answer: B
Dravidian architecture is the style of the South Indian temples, with pyramidal vimana towers and, in later centuries, tall gopuram gateways, as at Thanjavur and Madurai. Buddhist architecture refers to stupas, viharas and chaityas, Mauryan architecture to pillars and the early palace and stupa tradition, and Mughal architecture to tombs, forts and mosques. In the Dravidian temple style the sanctum is topped by a pyramid-shaped tower, the vimana, and the temple compound has a large gateway tower called the gopuram. Examples include the Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur and the Meenakshi temple at Madurai.
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