The history of architecture in India : from the dawn of civilization to the end of the Raj
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The history of architecture in India : from the dawn of civilization to the end of the Raj
Phaidon Press, c1990
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- : hbk
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Bibliography: p. [305]-328
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first ever modern monograph to draw together all the strands of India's architectural history - from the Vedic and native traditions of early India, through Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic and secular architecture, to the eclecticism of the British Raj.
The History of Architecture in India provides the essential background information on invasions and migrations, dynasties, religion, symbolism and myth in the development of characteristic forms. Hundreds of photographs, engravings, maps, plans and elevations are closely integrated with rigorous but accessible text, resulting in a tome essential for scholars and anyone interested in one of the world's richest architectural traditions.
Table of Contents
- Prologue - early India: India
- the Indus valley civilization
- the Vedic and native traditions
- religious developments and the formula for sacred building
- social developments
- village, town and fort. Part 1 Fourth century BC - fifth century AD
- introduction - religious developments
- the pattern of patronage
- the architectural background
- Mauryan foundations
- stupa and monastery - Hinayana works under the Mauryas' successors
- innovations in the north
- innovations in the south. Part 2 Fifth century - thirteenth century
- introduction - religious developments
- Hindu worship and the formula for sacred building
- the pattern of patronage
- the temple - early structures in Gupta domains
- Mahayan, Hindu and Jaina excavations
- structures of the early Chalukyas and their neighbours
- regional variants
- excavations of the Pallavas and their contemporaries
- the Pallava rathas and structural temples
- structures of the restored Chalukyas
- the Cholas, the Pandayas and their contemporaries in the south
- post-Gupta developments in the north
- the Pratiharas
- the Solankis
- the Chandellas and their neighbours
- the Paramaras and their neighbours
- Orissa
- the later Chalukyas and Hoysalas
- the fort. Part 3 Thirteenth century - eighteenth century: introduction - the pattern of patronage
- Islam and Muslim building
- mosque, tomb and fort - the Delhi sultans
- the Sultanate of Gujarat
- the Sultanate of Bengal
- the Sultanate of Kashmir
- the Sharqi Sultans
- the Sultanate of Malwa
- the Deccani Sultanate - Gulbarga and Bidar
- Deccani Sultanates - Golconda and Bijapur
- temple and palace - Vijayanagar and its successors
- Rajputs
- Mughal achievement - the great palace
- Imperial mosque and tomb. Part 4 Late India - sectarian division and colonial rivalry
- the demise of the mughals and British India
- the seats of secessionist powers
- church and colonial state.
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