The Indian Temple Traceries


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This Book Extensively Treats The Subject Of Indian Temple Jalas Or Grilles With An In-Depth Discussion Basd On Vastusastra, For The First Time With The Aid Of Line Drawings And Illustrations. It Brings Within Its Purview Islamic Screen And Gothic Traceries Also, For Comparing And Contrasting.







The Hindu Temple


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A reprint with a new preface of the Harper edition (1977) of Michell's standard introduction. He explains the cultural, religious, and architectural significance of the temple, illustrating his points with many photographs, building plans, and drawings of architectural details. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Indian Temple Architecture


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Rediscovering the Hindu Temple


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This volume examines the multifarious dimensions that constitute the workings of the Hindu temple as an architectural and urban built form. Eleven chapters reflect on Hindu temples from multiple standpoints - tracing their elusive evolution from wayside shrines as well as canonization into classical objects; questioning the role of treatises containing their building rules; analyzing their prescribed proportions and orders; examining their presence in, and as, larger sacred habitats and ritua...




Temple Culture of Ancient India


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The book presents the status of temples as they were originally stated to signify in ancient Bharatvarsh. The supremacy of the ancient Hindu temples across the Indian subcontinent were established as they took upon the task of nurturing the classical art forms of dance, music, painting, sculptures, martial arts amongst others.The temples were at the helm of the religious, social, political and educational affairs.




The Temple Architecture of India


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Through lucid visual analysis, accompanied by drawings, this book will allow readers to appreciate the concepts underlying designs that at first sight often seem bewilderingly intricate. The book will be divided into six parts that cover the history and development of the design and architecture of Indian temples.







The Indian Temple


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