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Martand Sun Temple

8th century · 8th century

The Martand Sun Temple is a ruined Hindu temple dedicated to Surya on a plateau near Anantnag in the Kashmir valley. It was built in the 8th century by Lalitaditya Muktapida of the Karkota dynasty, within a large colonnaded courtyard. It was destroyed in the late 14th or early 15th century, but its massive limestone ruins still dominate the valley.

Martand Sun Temple
Image: Varun Shiv Kapur from New Delhi, India · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Karkota dynasty

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Martand Sun Temple. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/martand-sun-temple
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