Surya
c. 1500 BCE – 2026 CEattested
Konark
- Hindu
- Vedic
The sun, driven across the sky by seven horses. At Konark an entire temple was built as his chariot, with twelve pairs of carved stone wheels that work as sundials.
Known for
- the chariot of seven horses
- a temple built as a vehicle
- stone wheels that tell time
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.