Exquisite Murti of UmaMaheshvara from Nepal, Gilded copper
Dated: ~14th century CE
See the details of aureole which takes the shape of pointed horseshoe arch adorned with scrollwork. Outer portion of aureole is adorned with stylized petals.

Votive terracotta shrines from Takshashila
Dated: ~2-3rd century CE
These shrines have Shala like form with open court in front and 4 circular stambha at the the corner. Similar were also excavated from Shonkh(Mathura) of Kushana period.
Compare to Thanesar monuments! Uncanny!

View of fort in Madura by Thomas Daniell, 1797
Note the details of Mandapa. There are 4 Nandi(s) at the corners of roof as per SI tradition. MatsyaPurana thus describes Mandapa: चतुर्भिस्तोरणैर्युक्तो मण्डप: स्याच्चतुर्मुख:। Mandapa should have 4 openings adorned with arches.

Details of pleasure garden from Sigiriya(SriLanka)
This is one of the earliest pleasure garden having typical Chaharbagh plan. Such type of plan is purely indigenous and not 'Persian influence' and mentioned in Shilpa-Shastra(s). Note proportions.
Last Padmaka layout for villages

Shot this panel in Chennakesava Temple, Belur.

Note the scarf kind of thing on all 8 girls on the left hand side of the picture!

Looks quite different from the rest I have seen!

Anyone knows the significance?

Indra isn't minor deity. Indra worship was common until a few century ago. Indradhvaj ceremony was popular form of worshipping him. Indra is the very fabric which holds this cosmos together. Sai Baba is popular in some region doesn't mean he is Hindu God and rest are minor deity.

7) Yantra(s) used in Homam rites from a manuscript in National Library of Bangkok

In India, a lot of such Yantra (s) are declared as 'Votive Stupa' which makes no sense. A lot of such Stupa(s) are infact 3D Yantra. Second Yantra was used in festival venerating Kartikeya(Skanda).

Happy Maha ShivaRatri! ShivaRatri is one of the major festival of Hindus. It was celebrated with fervor not only in India but also in SE Asia. Here are some details you may like to read:

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1.Maheshwara from ancient Gharapuri caves
2.Maheshwara on a wooden plaque from Dandan Uiliq(China), ~6th CE
3.Maheshwar from Kashmir, ~8th CE
4.Maheshwara on a coin by Kushana king Huvishka, ~1st CE
👉 similar iconography across region and time.
Wish you a blissfull #Shivaratri .

Some ancient temples from Amarkantak
There is a popular misconception regarding Hindu temples that abstract motifs weren't used in Hindu temples and if used it was due to Islamic influence. This is absolutely rubbish from Kangra to Kerala there are temples using abstract motif.

See this photo from 1870s. Earlier those gateways were topped by two Kalasha(s), today you don't see them, probably removed during restoration work later. Niches contained hindu motifs. See the ruins of Mandapa. Such pylons remind me of gateways seen in sculptures of Sanchi.

Layout of Padmaka class of villages, one of eight classes of villages described in Mānsara namely Dandaka, SarvatoBhadra, Nandyavarta, Padmaka, Svastika, Prastara, Karmuka and Chaturmukha.
This provides the plan of popular Charbagh layout.
Drawn by SC Mukherji

1)Neak Pean temple ,Angkor(Cambodia)
Dated: ~12th century CE
Neak Pean was originally designed for medical purposes (the ancient Hindus believed that going into these pools would balance the elements in the bather, thus curing disease);

Details of Nagareshwara Shiva temple in Bankapura(KA) dating back to early 12th century
The temple was destroyed by Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur in 16th century and used as mosque temporarily. '..The Sultan ordered a superb temple within it to be destroyed..'(Farishtah)

And we are told there were only a handful temples that were 'attacked'

Snippets from history: Here are a few observations of missionery Abbe Dubois on customs and food habits of Hindus. Interesting that he recorded '...To ask a Hindu if he eats meat, even when it is well known he does so, is to insult him deeply...'

L: A wooden bracket from Tamilnadu, ~19th century
R: mediaeval stone pillar from SriRanganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Compare the proportion of limbs and details. Degradation in art is apparent. Earlier kings sponsored arts but our own secular govts. promote imported Brutalism..

Skanda from a Temple in Nalanda Mahavihara, Bihar
Dated: ~9th century CE or older
He is shown in standing posture holding a spear. Peacock can be seen. Sculpture is badly eroded owing to its antiquity.

A beautiful relief carving depicting worship of 'Aiduka' in a shrine, Lingraj temple
Aiduka is a Stupa like structure extolled in VD purana for encompassing the essence of universe including Trimurti(s). Note Chhatra with Amalasara above lingam on a Bhadrapitha.
PC: Adivaraha

Nongarh Stupa in Lakhisarai was built over an earlier temple dating back to ~1st century BCE or older.
Some interesting observation hinting at contemporary architectural advancement as observed by J. Behkar were:
1. The true arch was known and used in India at that time....1/n