A copper plate inscription records the amazement of the chief sculptor after he completed the temple at Ellora: "Oh how did I make it!"

Which of the following temples is being referred to here?

Kailashnatha

The correct answer is Option 1 - Kailashnatha

One of the unique features of early temples was that some of these were hollowed out of huge rocks, as artificial caves. The tradition of building artificial caves was an old one. Some of the earliest of these were constructed in the third century BCE on the orders of Asoka for renouncers who belonged to the Ajivika sect. This tradition evolved through various stages and culminated much later – in the eighth century – in the carving out of an entire temple, that of Kailashnatha (a name of Shiva). A copperplate inscription records the amazement of the chief sculptor after he completed the temple at Ellora: “Oh how did I make it!”