Encyclopaedia of Indian Architecture : Hindu, Buddhist,
Jain and Islamic, Vol. II. Buddhist/edited by B.L. Nagarch, K.M. Suresh, D.P.
Sharma and Dulari Qureshi. Delhi, Bharatiya Kala
Prakashan, 2008, xxvi, 432, p., figs., 211 plates, ISBN 81-8090-175-1.
Contents: Editor's note. Acknowledgement. Introduction. 1. Building during the rule of the early Mauryan Dynasty (c. 400 B.C.) : wooden origins. 2. Asoka, and the beginnings of the Buddhist School (c. 250 B.C.). 3. The Stupa and its symbolism. 4. Architecture of Sungas. 5. Buddhist Rock-Cut Architecture--the early or Hinayana phase (Second Century to B.C. Second c. A.D.). 6. Rock-Cut Architecture of Orissa. 7. Buddhist Architecture in Southern India (200 B.C. to Fourth Century A.D). 8. Architecture of Kusanas. 9. The Buddhist Chaitya-House. 10. The Mahayana or Theistic Buddhist Monasteries of Gandhara (250 B.C. to 450 A.D.). 11. The Vihara or Monastery. 12. Buddhist Architecture of Gupta Period. 13. Architecture of Kausambi--a reappraisal. 14. Architecture of Allahabad Pillar (Seventh Century B.C.). 15. Architecture of Buddhist Monastery of Ghositaram at Kausambi. 16. Mehrauli Iron Pillar (412-415 A.D.). 17. Ancient Indian Universities -- Ajanta--Visnu's Last Avatara. 18. The Tirtha of Ellora. 19. The evolution of Indian Fine Art and its influence on Indian Temple Architecture. 20. The Buddhist and Brahmanical remains Kashmir (A.D. 200 to 1300 A.D.). 21. The Rock-Cut Architecture of the Mahayana Buddhist (A.D. 450 to 642 A.D.). 22. Buddhist Rock-Cut Architecture : the final phase (A.D. 600 to 900). 23. Buildings in brick. 24. Buddhist Architecture of Vidharabha Region. Bibliography. Index.
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