With reference to Mamallapuram, consider following statements

1. The city is famous for temples and monuments, chief of which is the sculptured rock relief popularly known as Arjuna’s Penance.
2. The city was founded by the rulers of the Pallava dynasty.
3. The city lies around the Malabar coast.
4. The entire assemblage at there was collectively designated as an UNESCO World Heritage Site

Select the correct statement.

Mamallapuram, also called Mahabalipuram or Seven Pagodas, is a town that lies along the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Chennai (Tamil Nadu). Hence statement 3rd is incorrect.

• It is an important town of the erstwhile Pallava dynasty that ruled in parts of South India from 275 CE to 897 CE.
• It was founded by the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I in the 7th century AD.
• Mamallapuram contains temples and monuments, chief of which are the sculptured rock relief popularly known as “Arjuna’s Penance,” or “Descent of the Ganges,” a series of sculptured cave temples, and the Shore Temple.
• The town’s Five Rathas, or monolithic temples, are the remnants of seven temples, for which the town was known as Seven Pagodas. The entire assemblage collectively was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.

By: Shubham Tiwari