- Architecture: Also known as Maru-Gurjara style
- Region: North-Western parts of India including Gujarat and Rajasthan.
- Patronage by: Solanki rulers
- Basic Features
- The temple walls were devoid of any carvings.
- The garbhagriha was connected with the mandapa both internally as well as externally.
- The porticos had decorative arched gateways known as torans.
- A unique feature of this school is the presence of a step-tank, known as suryakund and steps of the tank are full of small temples with wooden carvings.
- Materials used – sandstone, black basalt and soft-marble.
- Most of the temples are east-facing and designed such that every year during the equinoxes, the sun-rays fall directly into the central shrine.
- For Example: Modhera Sun Temple