Development of Temple Architecture in India : With Reference to Orissa in the Golden Age/Shashipriya Dei. 1998, xxi, 162 p., maps, 16 plates, $22.
Contents: Preface. 1. Historical perspective. 2. Religion & philosophy. 3. Growth & evolution of Gupta Temple Architecture. 4. Painting and architecture. 5. Sculptures & iconography. 6. South India in contemporary period. 7. Epigraphy & numismatic. 8. Epilogue. Selected bibliography. Index.
"The book is an authoritative treatise on Artistic heritage of India during the golden epoch of Guptas. Based on extensive field study, the work highlights unknown aspects of great and glorious plastic and sculptured traditions, traits and trends of Gupta age. Written in lucid style with altogether a new orientation in Historiography and archaeology, the book throws new light on early Kalingan art idiom with special reference to Indian renaissance in art movement". (jacket)