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  1. 1. ↑Several scholars attribute major Hindu temples including iconic ones such as the Teli ka Mandir in Gwalior to Yasovarman era.8

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  2. 2. ↑The Muslim historians mention the looting and destruction of temples.11 Some texts also mention periods of tolerance and temple repairs such as those during the rule of Akbar.12

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  3. 3. ↑For a photo of the incomplete north entrance, for example, see Figure 13 in Meister's 2006 publication.17

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  4. 4. ↑The temple did not have a door, was always open as is typical in ancient and medieval Hindu temples. It had a raised mandapa and walled portico before. However, after the quake, both were gone. The temple management added a thick wooden door to prevent wild animals and cattle, looking for new shelter to settle in, from entering the sanctum.

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  5. 5. ↑The Jogesvari Hindu cave temple is generally dated to either the 5th century or the 6th. For example, Walter Spink in his 1978 paper proposed Jogesvari to be the link between Ajanta Caves and Elephanta Caves, and dated its completion in the decades immediately after the Ajanta Caves, or 500-525 CE.21

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  6. 6. ↑The Bajaura temples is also called as the Bishweshwar Temple, dated to be from the last centuries of the 1st millennium, more specifically to late 9th century by George Michell.24 Other correspondences are found in preserved temple structure that are not rock-cut, but structural ones such as the Chatrari temple, which can be more firmly dated to the 8th-century based on inscriptions found at the site.23

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  7. 1. 1Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Mar., 2006), University of California Press, pp. 26- 49

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  8. 2. 1Laxman S. Thakur (1996). _The Architectural Heritage of Himachal Pradesh: Origin and Development of Temple Styles_. Munshiram Manoharlal. pp.27, 39–43. ISBN978-81-215-0712-7.

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  9. 3. ↑Mulk Raj Anand 1997, pp.16–17, 22

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  10. 4. 1Harold Hargreaves, The Monolithic Temples of Masrur, ASI Annual Report Vol 20, pages 39-49

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  11. 5. 1Khan 2014

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  12. 6. ↑Khan 2014, p.31.

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  13. 7. 1Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, pp. 27-30

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  14. 8. 1Laxman S. Thakur (1996). _The Architectural Heritage of Himachal Pradesh: Origin and Development of Temple Styles_. Munshiram Manoharlal. pp.47–56. ISBN978-81-215-0712-7.

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  15. 9. 1Barbara D. Metcalf (2009). _Islam in South Asia in Practice_. Princeton University Press. pp.2–9, 20–31. ISBN978-1-4008-3138-8.

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  16. 10. 1André Wink (2002). _Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7Th-11th Centuries_. BRILL Academic. pp.1–11, 249–252. ISBN0-391-04173-8.

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  17. 11. ↑André Wink (2004). _Indo-Islamic society: 14th - 15th centuries_. BRILL Academic. pp.124–129. ISBN90-04-13561-8.

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  18. 12. ↑George Michell; Rana P. B. Singh; Clare Arni (2005). _Banaras, the city revealed_. Marg. p.25. ISBN9788185026725.

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  19. 13. ↑Peter Jackson (2003). _The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History_. Cambridge University Press. pp.146, 168. ISBN978-0-521-54329-3.

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  20. 14. ↑V. Verma (1995). _The Emergence of Himachal Pradesh: A Survey of Constitutional Developments_. Indus. pp.32–35. ISBN978-81-7387-035-4.

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  21. 15. 1Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, pp. 30-32

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  22. 16. 1The Rock-hewn Vaishnava Temple at Masrur, The Indian Antiquary: A Journal of Oriental Research, Volume XLIV, January 1911, pages 19-23

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  23. 17. ↑Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, p. 35 Figure 13

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  24. 18. 1Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, pp. 32-41

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  25. 19. ↑Singh 2009, p.39.

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  26. 20. ↑Sinha 1998, pp.19–21.

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  27. 21. ↑Walter Spink (1978), Jogesvari: A Brief Analysis, _Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art_, Moti Chandra Commemoration Issue, pages 1-34

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  28. 22. ↑Stella Kramrisch (1976). "The Hundred-and-one Temples of the Visnudharmottara". _The Hindu Temple, Volume 2_. Motilal Banarsidass. pp.411–426. ISBN978-81-208-0224-7.

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  29. 23. 1Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, pp. 36-39

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  30. 24. ↑Angelo Andrea Di Castro; David Templeman (2015). _Asian Horizons: Giuseppe Tucci's Buddhist, Indian, Himalayan and Central Asian Studies_. Monash University Press. pp.243–245 with footnotes. ISBN978-1-922235-33-6.

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  31. 25. ↑Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, pp. 42-43

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  32. 26. ↑Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, pp. 28, 37-38

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  33. 27. ↑G. H. R. Tillotson (2014). _Paradigms of Indian Architecture: Space and Time in Representation and Design_. Routledge. pp.110–114. ISBN978-1-136-79981-5.

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  34. 28. ↑Adam Hardy (1995). _Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Transformation: the Karṇāṭa Drāviḍa Tradition, 7th to 13th Centuries_. Abhinav Publications. pp.19, 270–284. ISBN978-81-7017-312-0.

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  35. 29. 1Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, pp. 39-40

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  36. 30. 1Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, p. 44, 49 note 113

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  37. 31. ↑Mulk Raj Anand 1997, p.22.

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  38. 32. ↑Michael W. Meister (2006), Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur, _Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians_, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2006), University of California Press, p. 44 Figure 25

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  39. 33. ↑Kapoor 2002, p.4713.

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  40. 34. ↑"Places of Interest in District Kangra". _Masroor Temple_. Government of Himachal Pradesh. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

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