Early Indian Secular Architecture

Author: K Krishna Murthy
Publisher: Sundeep Prakashan
Year: 1987
Language: English
Pages: 183
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185067015

Description

A fascinating study, this is the first of its kind on the subject in its entirety, and offers an authentic account of the secular architecture during the period from the second century BC to the sixth-seventh centuries AD.

The secular architectural items like ramparts, palace interiors, houses of the wealthy class, and houses of the community, have all been brilliantly brought within the compass of this study. To achieve this end, the sculptures of Sanchi, Barhut, Amaravati, Gandhara, Nagarjunakonda, Mathura and the murals of Ajanta have been studied meticulously.

Contents

PREFACE

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF PLATES

1. Introductory
2. literary Evidence
3. Sculptural Evidence: Sanchi
4. Barhut
5. Amaravati
6. Gandhara
7. Nagarjunakonda
8. Mathura
9. Mural Evidence Ajanta

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

FIGURES

PLATES