In 1650, someone sent 1,000 people to destroy the Kailasa Temple; after 3 years they barely made a dent on a couple of statues — a testament to its extraordinary structural integrity.
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Moving from Egypt to India, the discussion lands on the Ellora Caves — a complex of temples carved into cliff faces with extraordinary symmetry and 3D sculpted interiors. Srinivas adds that temple sites weren't random: locations were chosen based on proximity to the ocean, gravitational waves from the sun and moon, and seismic properties. Joe Rogan and Srinivas marvel at how the Kailasa Temple, sent 1,000 workers to destroy in 1650, proved indestructible after 3 years of effort. The Tanjore Temple — a more recent achievement of the Chola dynasty — is described as a royal passion project demonstrating that this tradition of monumental stone work persisted across millennia.
The Kailasa Temple was carved entirely from a single giant rock — and in 1650, a force of 1,000 workers spent 3 years trying to destroy it and barely left a scratch. The Ellora Caves display millimeter-level symmetry and 3D sculptures with internal detail that even modern tools would struggle to replicate, all without steel, CAD software, or simulation.
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