Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture Volume II, Part 3 : North India : Beginnings of Medieval Idiom, C.A.D. 900-1000/edited by M.A. Dhaky. 1998, 2 Volumes, xxviii, 426 p., maps, 913 half tone plates, $275 (set).
Contents: Foreword/Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan. Preface. Introduction. 1. Later Pratiharas of Kanauj. 2. Kacchapaghatas of Gopagiri: phase I. 3. Kalacuris of Tripuri. 4. Candellas of Kalanjara and Kharjuravahaka. 5. Later Pratiharas of Kanauj. 6. Cahamanas of Sakambhari: phase IIa. 7. Cahamanas of Naddula. 8. Guhilas of Medapata: lower variation, phase II. 9. Dvija dynasty of Vatakara. 10. Capas of Vardhamanapura: phase III. 11. Samas of Kaccha: phase II. 12. Paramaras of Candravati. 13. Capotkatas of Anahillapataka: phase II. 14. Solankis of Anahillapataka. 15. Paramaras of Khetakamandala. 16. Cahamanas of Sakambhari: phase IIb. 17. Uparamala, phase 2a: local dynasties. 18. Gurjara-Pratihara feudatories and successors in Malava. 19. Pratiharas of Rajorgadh. 20. Northwest frontier and West Punjab: local dynasties. 21. Somavamsis: phase I. Reference glossary. Site and temple index.
From the Introduction: "The part 3 in the sequence takes further the publication programme for the volume II of the Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture series of this institute and in size is comparable to the preceding two parts. The buildings discussed here were founded in the tenth century, a period which represents the beginning of the medieval architectural styles in north India (and in parts of Pakistan), that came on the scene before the advent of the High Medieval which began from the 11th century. The building activity in the tenth century was underway in the domains of several different regional and imperial dynasties. Buildings, in a few cases, were erected by the rulers themselves, some by their vassals, provincial governors, wealthy and powerful generals, and other officers such as those on ministerial posts, also treasury officers, next the opulent merchants, and no less, a few were founded by the heads of different religious sects, particularly the Saivaite pontiffs and Jaina abbots.
"The scheme of this part follows the same pattern as of the earlier parts, the details tabulated hereunder:
Style Outline:
Vol. II, Part I: Foundations of North Indian style.
I. Beginnings of North Indian style, C.A.D. 350-660
II. Varieties of North Indian style, C.A.D. 500-1100
Vol. II, Part 2: Period of early Maturity.
III. Nagara styles of common lineage, c. early eighth-late ninth century A.D.
IV. Nagara styles of separate lineage, c. early eighth-late ninth century A.D.
Vol. II, Part 3:
V. Beginnings of medieval idiom, C.A.D. 900-1000
A. Central India:
1. Dasarnadesa style, phase 3, C.A.D. 900-1000
a. Later Pratiharas of Kanauj
b. Kacchapaghatas of Gopagiri, phase I
2. Cedi style, phase 2, C.A.D. 950-1000
Kalacuris of Tripuri
3. Jejakabhuki style, phase 2, C.A.D. 950-1000
Candellas of Kalanjara and Kharjuravahaka.
B. Upper India
Madhyadesa style, phase 3, C.A.D. 900-1000
later Pratiharas of Kanauj
C. Western India
1. Maha-Maru style, last phase, C.A.D. 900-1000
a. Cahamanas of Sakambhari, phase IIa
b. Cahamanas of Naddula
2. Maha-Gurjara style, last phase, C.A.D. 900-1000
a. Guhilas of Medapata: lower variation, phase II
b. Dvija dynasty of Vatakara
c. Capas of Vardhamanapura, phase III
d. Samas of Kaccha, phase II
e. Paramaras of Candravati
f. Capotkatas of Anahillapataka, phase II
g. Solankis of Anahillapataka
h. Paramaras of Khetakamandala
i. Cahamanas of Sakambhari, phase IIb
3. Malava style, Uparamala, phase 2a, C.A.D. 900-1000 local dynasties
4. Malava style, Uparamala, phase 2b, C.A.D. 900-1000
Gurjara-Pratihara feudatories and successors in Malava.
5. Combined styles, Northeastern Rajasthan, C.A.D. 900-1000
Pratiharas of Rajorgadh.
6. Styles of Northwest frontier and West Panjab, c. tenth century A.D. local dynasties.
D. Eastern India
1. Kalinga style, phase 3, C.A.D. 950-1000
Somavamsis, phase I
Vol. II, Part 4:
VI. High medieval period, C.A.D. 1000-1300
VII. Sultanate period, c. 14th-early 16th centuries A.D.
"Vol. II, Part 5, the last in sequence, will contain an annotated and illustrated glossary of architectural terms, broadly covering the period from the beginning (c. 3rd-2nd cent. B.C.) to the late medieval period (c. 14th-early 16th cent. A.D.): the reference glossary provided in the sequel here, as in fact in each part, is intended to be an aid in brief by way of quick reference for the readers.
"The present part contains 21 chapters, sequentially continued from 45 to 65, numbered after those of part 2: and, a supplementum has been added to chapter 62. The contributors are Krishna Deva (8 chapters), Michael Meister (1 chapter), and the editor of the present part (13 chapters together with the aforenoted supplementum.) The Sanskrit terms used here have been extracted from the various medieval vastu works of central and western India as well as Orissa and its bordering tracts in eastern India. This part has 207 drawings and 20 site-maps in the first (text) bind, and 913 black-and-white illustration in the second bind".
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