Dravidian Architecture

With a view to stimulate interest in one of the important areas of South Indian Archeology, precisely called Dravidian  Architecture and direct that interest into fruitful fields of work, this little handbook has been published in the present form of bringing out this English version of the French work, which is rather of the nature of an introduction to the subject of his larger work than an abridgement of it. This introduction is intended to enable the systematic  work being undertaken with success by those to whom a regular course of training is impossible.

The Architecture of that part of Southern India  which extends along the Coromandel coast from Lake Pulicat to Cape Comorin, has been critically studied. This Architecture is distinguished very clearly from that of the neighboring countries and, as it concerns entirely and exclusively the country occupied by the Tamils, the name ‘Dravidian  Architecture’, since the two words ‘Tamil’ and ‘Dravidian’ are in  reality  one and the same word having absolutely the same etymology.

Replete with illustrations, this will book will be a handy guide to those who wish to understand the intricacies and growth of Dravidian  Architecture