<P> Aihole is referred to as Ayyavole and Aryapura in its inscriptions and Hindu texts from 4th to 12th century CE, as Aivalli and Ahivolal in colonial British era archaeological reports . </P> <P> Aihole has been a part of Hindu mythologies . It has a natural axe - shaped rock on the Malaprabha river bank north of the village, and a rock in the river show a footprint . Parashurama, the sixth Vishnu avatar, is stated in these legends to have washed his axe here after killing abusive Kshatriyas who were exploiting their military powers, giving the land its red color . A 19th - century local tradition believed that rock footprints in the river were those of Parashurama . A place near the Meguti hillocks show evidence of human settlement in prehistoric period . Aihole has historical significance and has been called a cradle of Hindu rock architecture . </P> <P> The documented history of Aihole is traceable to the rise of the Early Chalukya dynasty in 6th century . It became, along with nearby Pattadakal and Badami, a major cultural center and religious site for innovations in architecture and experimentation of ideas . The Chalukyas sponsored artisans and built many temples in this region between the 6th and 8th centuries . Evidence of wooden and brick temples dating to 4th - century have been unearthed . Aihole started the experimentations with other materials such as stone around the 5th century when the Indian subcontinent saw a period of political and cultural stability under the Gupta Empire rulers . Badami refined it in 6th and 7th centuries . The experimentations culminated in Pattadakal in the 7th and 8th centuries becoming a cradle of fusion of ideas from South India and North India . </P> <P> After the Chalukyas, the region became a part of the Rashtrakuta kingdom who ruled in the 9th and 10th century from the capital of Manyakheta . In the 11th and 12th century, the Late Chalukyas (Western Chalukya Empire, Chalukyas of Kalyani) ruled over this region . Even though the area was not the capital or in immediate vicinity from 9th to 12th centuries, new temples and monasteries of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism continued to be built in the region based on inscriptional, textual and stylistic evidence . This likely happened, states Michell, because the region was prosperous with a substantial population and surplus wealth . </P>

Who built beautiful temples of aihole and pattadakallu
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