▁brick ▁shr ine ▁pre ▁Pal lava ▁H indu ▁tem ples ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁state , ▁the ▁other ▁being ▁the ▁Ve et ri rund ha ▁Per um al ▁Temple ▁at ▁Ve pp ath ur ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Lord ▁V ish nu . ▁ ▁The ▁dynast ies ▁of ▁early ▁medieval ▁T amil ak k am ▁expanded ▁and ▁ere cted ▁struct ural ▁add itions ▁to ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁brick ▁shr ines . ▁S cul pt ures ▁of ▁er otic ▁art , ▁nature ▁and ▁de ities ▁from ▁the ▁Me en ak sh i ▁Temple , ▁ ▁and ▁Rang an ath as w amy ▁Temple ▁date ▁from ▁the ▁Sang am ▁period . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁tem ples ▁of ▁this ▁time ▁have ▁been ▁built ▁on ▁either ▁br icks ▁or ▁gran ite ▁stones ▁but ▁they ▁didn ' t ▁surv ived ▁till ▁modern ▁times ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁destruction ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁the ▁De h li ▁Sultan ate ▁Empire ▁under ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁Mal ik ▁K af ur . ▁ ▁Several ▁brick ▁structures ▁d ating ▁to ▁the ▁Sang am ▁era ▁have ▁been ▁un ear th ed ▁at ▁places ▁across ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁such ▁as ▁ke el adi ▁, ad ich an all ur ▁and ▁k od um anal ▁. The ▁find ings ▁at ▁these ▁sites ▁indicate ▁that ▁the ▁buildings ▁were ▁built ▁using ▁bur nt ▁br icks . ▁ ▁Pal lava ▁architecture ▁▁ ▁The ▁Pal lav as ▁ruled ▁from ▁AD ▁( 6 0 0 – 9 0 0 ) ▁and ▁their ▁greatest ▁constructed ▁accomplish ments ▁are ▁the ▁single ▁rock