Sahasra Bahu (Sas-Bahu) Temples, Nagda

Incredible India dates the temples to the 10th century and, on the evidence of the carving of one shrine, to the late 10th century. Wikipedia, citing George Michell, also gives the late 10th century, but notes that the ASI's own information board at the site (as of 2018) says early 11th century. The IGNCA documentation sheets prepared for both temples assign them to the 11th century.

The sources consulted do not name the builder of the temples, and this page does not attribute them to a particular king. Today, according to the IGNCA records, both temples are tourist sites in the care of the Archaeological Survey of India.

Architecture and sacred features

The two temples face a temple tank from a common platform. Wikipedia describes each as having a sanctuary, a hall with side projections and an open porch, with towers built of brick and many small subsidiary turrets; the smaller temple's tower has been largely repaired, while that of the larger temple remains truncated. The larger temple was surrounded by ten subsidiary shrines and the smaller by four, according to Wikipedia (Incredible India says five); only the bases of some survive. Below the platform stands a gateway screen (makara-torana) with four columns and a cusped central arch.

The interiors are lavishly carved. The IGNCA sheets describe circular, highly decorated ceilings, ornamented pillars, a doorway with floral carving and small perforated windows, and identify the larger temple as a Nagara-style building with multiple wall projections. Wikipedia notes that the temples anticipate many features of the later Maru-Gurjara style, though not in their plan or exterior sculpture, and that much of the outer wall surface is plain except around the porches. Incredible India mentions carvings of Ramayana scenes on the walls.