?a1737 W. Hals (?1750) 23 At Lan-car, in this Parish, signifying Rest-Rock, or Rock-Temple.
1850 G. Wilkinson 92 Rock Temples may be classified under three heads.
1906 22 17 This is the oldest rock-temple of Ceylon.
1999 (Nexis) 10 Apr. A millennium after the Chandela kings erected the magnificent rock temples, a grand plan has been launched to promote Khajuraho as more than just a site of erotic sculptures.