Encyclopaedia of Indian Architecture : Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Islamic,
Vol. I. Hindu/edited by B.L. Nagarch, K.M. Suresh, D.P. Sharma and Dulari
Qureshi. Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2008, xlii, 488 p., figs., 178
plates, $160 (Vol. I). ISBN 81-8090-174-4.
Contents: Editor's note. Acknowledgement. Introduction. 1. Origin of architecture in India. 2. Architecture in the Rgvedic period. 3. Architecture in the later Vedas and the Brahmanas. 4. Vastuvidya in the Sutra Literature. 5. Settlement patterns, urban planning and architecture of the Harappans. 6. Residential architecture of Harappans. 7. Architecture in the age of the Ramayana. 8. Architecture in the Mahabharata. 9. Architecture in Kautilya's Arthasastra. 10. The earliest writers of the Vastusastra. 11. Earliest nature of Vastusastra. 12. Development of Vastuvidya (From first to sixth century). 13. Development of Vastuvidya (From sixth century to tenth century). 14. Various orders of Indian architecture. 15. Relation of the Manasara with other treaties on Indian architecture. 16. The two principal schools of Vastusastra. 17. The door in Indian architecture. 18. Bricks in the Vastusastra. 19. Origin of temples. 20. Assimilation of Aryan and Non-Aryan cultures in the Vastusastras. 21. Origin of stone architecture in India. 22. Various phases of Indian architecture. 23. The Mauryan Dynasty and the foundations of Indian Civilisation Indian Village and town planning. 24. Fergusson's Classifications of Style. 25. Visnu and Siva Brahma Shrines. 26. The evolution of the temples. 27. The great temples of the Elephanta -- Trimurti Mamallapuram and Kailasa Temples. 28. Early Chalukyan architecture. 29. Chalukyan Temple of Andhradesa Northern Style (7 and 8 Centuries A.D.). 30. The Later Chalukyan or Hoysala style. 31. The Pallavas. 32. The Temples of the Cholas. 33. The Pandyas Dravidian Style (cir. 1100 to 1350 A.D.). 34. The Temples of the Deccan. 35. Orissan Temples. 36. Khajuraho, Central India. 37. Rajputana and Central India. 38. Temples of Gujarat and the West. 39. Vijayanagara Dynasty (Dravidian Style) cir. A.D. 1350 to 1565. 40. The Ramalingesvara and the Venkataramana Temples. 41. The Kakatiya Temples. 42. Lepaksi Temple. 43. Temples of Madura. 44. The Temples at Gwalior and Brindaban. 45. Hindu buildings in the sixteenth century. 46. Cosmic cities: mythological beliefs in city-planning. Bibliography. Index.
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