No pre-7th century CE South Indian free-standing stone temples have survived. Examples of early key South Indian temples which have survived, some in ruins, include the diverse variations at Mahabalipuram, in the seventh and 8th centuries. According to Meister, the Mahabalipuram temples are "monolithic designs of many different official structures https://thedailywires.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-beacon-of-spiritual-harmony-and.html