Encyclopaedia of Indian temple architecture

Author(s)

• Meister, Michael W.
• Dhaky, Madhusudan A.
• American Institute of Indian Studies

Bibliographic Information

Encyclopaedia of Indian temple architecture

edited by Michael W. Meister ; coordinated by M.A. Dhaky

American Institute of Indian Studies , University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983-

• v. 1, pt. 1 : set
• v. 1, pt. 1, text
• v. 1, pt. 1, plates
• v. 1, pt. 2, text
• v. 1, pt. 2, plates
• v. 1, pt. 3, text
• v. 1, pt. 3, plates
• v. 1, pt. 4-A, text
• v. 1, pt. 4-A, plates
• v. 1, pt. 5, text
• v. 2, pt. 1 : set
• v. 2, pt. 1, text
• v. 2, pt. 1, plates
• v. 2, pt. 2 : set
• v. 2, pt. 2, text
• v. 2, pt. 2, plates
• v. 2, pt. 3 : set
• v. 2, pt. 3, text
• v. 2, pt. 3, plates

Other Title

Indian temple architecture

Note

Vol. 1, pt. 3 by M.A.Dhaky; pt. 4-A edited by George Michell ; coordinated by U. S. Moorti

Vol. 2, pt. 1 edited by Michael W. Meister, M.A. Dhaky, and Krishna Deva; pt. 2 edited by Michael W. Meister, M.A. Dhaky; pt. 3 edited by M.A. Dhaky

Vol. 1, pt. 3 has imprint: American Institute of Indian Studies : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Vol. 2 has imprint: Delhi : American Institute of Indian Studies : Oxford University Press

v. 1, pt. 1 reprinted in India, 1999, by American Institute of Indian Studies and Manohar

Contents: v. 1. South India; pt. 1. Lower Drāviḍadēśa, 200 B.C.-A.D. 1324; pt. 2. Upper Drāviḍadēśa, early phase, A.D. 550-1075; pt. 3. Upper Drāviḍadēśa, later phase, A.D. 973-1326; pt. 4-A. Drāviḍadēśa, later phase, c. A.D. 1289-1798; pt. 5. Śrī Drāviḍa Dēvālaya-Vāstu Paribhāṣā Prajñapti -- v. 2. North India; pt. 1. Foundations of North Indian style; pt. 2. Period of early maturity, c. A.D. 700-900; pt. 3. Beginnings of medieval idiom, c. A.D. 900-1000

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 2, pt. 1 : set ISBN 9780195623130

Description

It covers Gupta experiments in brick and stone, Vakataka temple - remains, evidence from Western Ghats caves, early Hindu and Buddhist brick structures from eastern India, Manadapika pandals in central India, pent-roof stone structure of Kashmir, etc.,

Volume

v. 2, pt. 2 : set ISBN 9780195629217

Description

This volume surveys Nagara temples in North India -- with extensions of this typical curvilinear type into the Deccan -- as well as other temple forms that contributed to North Indian style.

Volume

v. 2, pt. 1, plates ISBN 9780691040530

Description

This initial part of Volume II continues the ground-breaking attempt by the American Institute of Indian Studies to clarify and organize the principles of Indian temple architecture for Western readers through comparison of standing monuments with Sanskrit texts. On their completion, the projected ten parts of this encyclopedia will have covered the styles of temple architecture in all regions of India. Volume I covers temples in the major Dravida style of South India. Volume II treats temples in the Nagara style of North India, with Part 1 introducing pre-Nagara and Nagara structures up to circa A.D. 700. The project's aim has been to codify an appropriate technical terminology for Indian temple architecture, and to illustrate that terminology in chapters which survey the remains of temple architecture in India within a geographic and historical framework. Volume II, Part 1 consists of two books: one for text, divided into chapters that give a historical overview of the governing dynasty and an outline of architectural features for temples in each region; the other for plates that give substantial photographic documentation of the temples discussed in the text. Volume II, Part 2 is in preparation by the American Institute of Indian Studies.

Volume

v. 2, pt. 2, plates ISBN 9780691040943

Description

This final part of Volume II concludes a wide-ranging study of Nagara-style temples in North India from A.D. 700 through 900. The political context and the architectural features of the style are described, and a detailed analysis of major and lesser-known examples follows.

Volume

v. 2, pt. 3 : set ISBN 9788173042256

Description

Surveys the temples in different provinces of the north Indian mega-territory, built under the political aegis of the then ruling various provincial principal, and subordinate dynasties.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Later Pratiharas of Kanauj
• Kacchapaghatas of Gopagiri: Phase I
• Kalacuris of Tripuri
• Candellas of Kalanjara & Kharjuravahaka
• Later Pratiharas of Kanauj
• Cahamanas of Sakambhari: Phase IIa
• Cahamanas of Naddula
• Guhilas of Medapata: Lower Variation, Phase II
• Dvija Dynasty of Vatakara
• Capas of Vardhamanapura: Phase III
• Samas of Kaccha: Phase II
• Paramaras of Candravati
• Capokatas of Anahillapataka: Phase II
• Solankis of Anahillapataka
• Paramaras of Khetakamandala
• Cahamanas of Sakambhari: Phase IIb
• Uparamala, Phase 2a: Local Dynasties
• Gurjara-Pratihara Feudatories & Successors in Malava
• Pratiharas of Rajorgadh
• Northwest Frontier & West Panjab: Local Dynasties
• Somavamsis: Phase I
• Reference Glossary.

Volume

v. 2, pt. 3, plates ISBN 9788173042263

Description

This part surveys the tenth century temples in different provinces of North-India .

Volume

v. 1, pt. 1 : set ISBN 9788173042997

Description

Covers temples of Cholas and Pandyas, Muttaraiyars, Irrukavels, Paluvettaraiyars, and other dynasties of the region. Arranged be region and dynasty, the chapters also suggest something of the nature of local idioms and regional artistic styles, and are lavishly illustrated with photographs and drawings.

Table of Contents

• Andharas, Iksvakus, & Literary Sources
• Pallavas of Kanci: Phase I
• Pandyas of Madurai: Phase I
• Pallavas of Kanchi: Phase II
• Banas of Perumbanavadi
• Pandyas of Madurai: Phase II
• Muttaraiyars of Nemam & Sendalai
• Colas of Tanjavur: Phase I
• Irrukuvels of Kodumbalur
• Paluvettaraiyars of Paluvur
• Rastrakutas of Mankhed: Lower Variation
• Colas of Tanjavur: Phase II
• Colas, & Cola-Viceroys of Madurai
• Ceras of Mahodayapuram, Musakas of Kolam, & Ays of Vilinam
• Colas of Tanjavur: Phase III
• Pandyas of Madurai (Occupational Period)
• Hoysalas of Dorasamudram (Occupational Period)
• Pandyas of Madurai: Phase III
• Ceras of Mahodayapuram & Venadu Rulers of Kollam
• Reference
• Site & Temple Index.

Volume

v. 1, pt. 4-A, plates ISBN 9788173044366

Description

This part studies the period of the Vijayanagara empire during the time in which the Sangama, Tuluva and Aravidu kings ruled over a substantial portion of Karnata, Andhra and Tamilndau. The volume begins with temple architecture in the decades immediately preceding the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire in the middle of the fourteenth century, and continues with the study of religious monuments of the lesser dynasties which succeeded Vijayanagara in Karnata during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• End of Hoysala & Kakatiya Domination
• Sangamas of Vijayanagara: Phase I
• Sangamas of Vijayanagara: Phase II
• Saluvas & Tuluvas of Vijayanagara
• Govdas of Yelahanka & Vodeyars of Maisuru
• Bedas of Citradurga, Hiriyur, Kanakagiri & Sorapur
• Period of Vijayanagara Domination
• Aravidus of Penukonda & Candragiri
• Period of Vijayanagara Domination
• Nayakas of Keladi, Ikkeri, & Bidnur
• Samutiris of Kolikode & Kolattiris of Kannur
• Perumbadappus of Kochi
• Tiruvitankurs of Venad
• Reference Glossary
• Reference.

Volume

v. 1, pt. 3, plates ISBN 9788186526002

Description

This part embodies the survey of the medieval temples and associated buildings, particularly those in the territories, of the Calukyas of Kalyana, Hoysalas of Dorasamudra, and of the subordinate dynasties such as the Kadambas, Rattas, Guttas, Seunas, Santaras, and others in the Karnataka empire as also those in the domains of the Kakatiyas of Varangal, the Calukyas of Vemulavada, the Telugu Coads, the Reddis, and the Malyalas, all in the Telangana territory of Andhra Pradesh.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Calukyas of Kalyana: Phase I
• Calukyas of Kalyana: Phase II
• Later Kadambas of Banavasi, Hanagal, & Candrapura & Goa
• Rattas of Kuhandimandala
• Guttas of Guttavolal
• Seunas of Seunadesa
• Santaras of Humca: Phase II
• Unknown dynasty of Kodanad & Kundanad
• Hoysalas of Dorasamudra
• Calukyas of Vemulavada
• Calukyas of Kalyana
• Telugu Codas of Kandurunadu
• Kakatiyas of Varangal
• Reddis of Recerla & Pillalmarri
• Malyalas of Kondaparti
• Alupas of Barahakanyapura
• Reference Glossary.

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• NCID: BA00591363
• ISBN:
  • 8173042993
  • 8173042985
  • 8173042985
  • 0812279921
  • 0812279921
  • 8186526005
  • 8186526005
  • 8173044368
  • 8173044368
  • 0195623134
  • 0691040532
  • 0691040532
  • 0195629213
  • 069104094X
  • 069104094X
  • 817304225X
  • 8173042268
  • 8173042268
• LCCN: 82050173
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Delhi,Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NA6001
  • DC19 : 726/.14/0954
  • NDC7 : 522.5
  • NDC9 : 522.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Temples -- India
  • LCSH : Architecture -- Details