Author: Eminent Contributors
Publisher: Archaelogical Survey of India
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 569
ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A
Description
This 2-volume handbook gives somewhat comprehensive treatment of the varied and vast material that would satisfy even a casually-interested tourist.
Archaeological remains cannot be viewed in isolation from the culture they belong to; nor can monuments be divested of the architecture they partake of. Such considerations have resulted in the enlargement of the volume of the book over what was originally contemplated.
The book starts with the remains of the protohistoric age; the earlier, that is the prehistoric, age, till now identifiable in India almost solely by stone implements, without any but geological association, has been left out of its purview.
Contents
PART I
CHAPTER I
Protohistoric remains
CHAPTER II
Remains of early historical cities
CHAPTER III
Northern Buddhist monuments
CHAPTER IV
Southern Buddhist monuments
CHAPTER V
Rock-cut monuments
CHAPTER VI
Northern temples
Plates I to LVIII
PART II
CHAPTER VII
Southern temples
CHAPTER VIII
Islamic monuments
CHAPTER IX
Museums
Index
Plates LIX to XCVI