The temple of khajuraho are superb examples of Indo-Aryan architecture, with decorations of exceedingly fine art and artistic stonework. The sculptures around the temple depict many aspect of Indian life a thousand years ago; gods and goddesses, warriors and musicians, real and mythological animals. But two elements appear over and over again in greater detail than the rest; women and sex. Stone figures and apsaras or celestial 'maidens' appear on every temple. In between are the mithuna couples running through a whole Kama Sutra of positions. The temples were built during the Chandella period between the 10th and 11th centuries and their remoteness helped to preserve them from destruction at the hands of Moslem invaders of the later centuries.