Author: Shobita Punja
Photographer: Fredrik Arvidsson
Publisher: Odyssey/Timeless
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 350
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9622174124
Description
This guide offers the reader an opportunity to experience 5,000 years of civilization. With coverage of over two hundred of the region's important historical monuments and sites, it provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and development of architecture.
Lord Curzon described the architectural heritage of the Indian subcontinent as the 'the greatest galaxy of monuments in the world'. This guide to the great monuments of the India subcontinent offers the reader an opportunity to experience 5,000 years of civilization. Coverage of over two hundred of the region's important historical monuments and sites draws upon the author's scholarship and passion for architecture and history, providing a comprehensive introduction to the history and development of architecture, its various styles and schools, innovations and experiments. Each monument is examined in its geo-climatic environment, its historical and political context and its relationship with mythology and literary traditions. Maps, plans and travel information complete each chapter.
The monuments presented in this guide encompass a broad historical framework ranging from the Indus Valley civilization to well known Buddhist, Jain, Hindu and Christian shrines and masterpieces of Islamic architecture.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
INDIA
NORTHERN AND WESTERN STATES
Alchi
Srinagar
Golden Temple
Delhi
Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
Jaipur
Udaipur
Chittor
CENTRAL STATES
Gwalior fort
Sanchi
Khajuraho
Sarnath
WESTERN STATES
Mount Abu
Ahmadabad
Elephanta
Ajanta
Ellora
Velha Goa
EASTERN STATES
Bodh Gaya
Vishnupur
Bhubaneshwar
Konarak
SOUTHERN STATES
Golconda Fort
Vijayanagara
Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal
Somnathpur, Belur and Halebid
Mahabalipuram
Thanjavur
Chidambaram
Madurai
Palace of Padmanabhapuram
Cochin
BHUTAN
Thimpu and Paro
NEPAL
Kathmandu Valley
PAKISTAN
Taxila
Mohenjodaro
Lahore
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka
Anuradhapura
Polonnaruwa
Sigiriya
TRAVEL INFORMATION
Internal Travel, Time Zones, Security, Health, Communications, Photography, Etiquette
GLOSSARY
Architectural terms
Iconography
FURTHER READING
References
Index