Hindu temples
A. played an important role in the agricultural and financial development of southern India.
B. were never able to compete with the strong Buddhist temples of northern India.
C. remained centers of women's rights.
D. held southern India back economically because of the Hindu law against lending money.
E. disappeared in southern India because of the prominence of Islam.
Answer: A
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