Dilwara temples are examples of

Indian monuments are commonly classified by the religious tradition and the ruling patron who commissioned them. Jain temple architecture of the medieval period is distinguished by ornate, intricately carved marble interiors built under Jain patronage — quite unlike Buddhist stupas and viharas, the domed Indo-Islamic monuments of the Mughals, or the earlier arch-and-dome mosques and tombs of the Delhi Sultanate.

The Dilwara complex at Mount Abu, Rajasthan, was built over nearly five centuries under Jain patronage — beginning with the Vimal Vasahi temple commissioned by the minister Vimal Shah in 1031 CE, the Luna Vasahi temple raised by the Vastupala–Tejapala brothers around 1230 CE, and further temples added through the 16th century. Across the complex, marble ceilings and pillars are carved with Tirthankara imagery and lace-like ornamentation, the defining hallmark of Jain temple architecture of this period.

• Buddhist architecture centres on stupas, viharas, and chaitya halls raised under Buddhist patronage, chiefly from the Mauryan–Gupta period — a different religious tradition and structural form (stone-cut or brick, not marble Tirthankara carving) from the Jain temples at Dilwara.

• Mughal architecture comprises domed Indo-Islamic monuments in red sandstone or marble set within charbagh gardens, raised under Islamic patronage from the 16th to 18th centuries — a different religious tradition and structural form from the Jain marble carvings at Dilwara.

• Sultanate architecture comprises arch-and-dome mosques and tombs raised by the Delhi Sultanate's Islamic rulers between the 13th and 16th centuries — a different religious tradition and structural form from the Jain marble carvings at Dilwara.

So the Dilwara temples are examples of Jain architecture.