Chandas Are One of the Six Vedangas.
These were supplementary areas of knowledge designed to make the Vedas, the earliest Hindu sacred scriptures, easier to utilize.
Chandas was interested in the study of metrical forms of poetry, which were important in the Vedic literature.
The term chandas is employed to identify the Vedas itself in various texts (such as Panini's grammar, the Ashtadhyayi), indicating the significance of meter.
Shiksha (proper pronunciation), vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), kalpa (ritual instructions), nirukta (etymology), and jyotisha are the other Vedangas (auspicious times for sacrifices).
Northern Indian dynasty that ruled most of the Ganges River valley and northern Madhya Pradesh in its peak (10th–14th centuries C.E.).
The Chandellas are known for their beautiful temples in the hamlet of Khajuraho, which they constructed mostly during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Due to their distant and inaccessible position, these temples have survived to the current day.
They are world-famous for their incredible exhibition of sexual sculptures and are outstanding examples of the Nagara architectural style in its mature state.
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