History of Indian & Eastern Architecture

Author: James Fergusson
Publisher: LP Publications
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 971
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175360720

Description

Profusely illustrated with 512 illustrations and 65 plates, this work in two volumes bound in one, is an invaluable book for those interested in the study of History of Indian and Eastern Architecture.

The book has been presented in two volumes, the first volume contains the Buddhist Architecture, Architecture in the Himalayas, Dravidian Style and Chalukyan style. The second volume covers Jaina Architecture, Northern or Indo-Aryan style, Indian Saracenic Architecture, and history of Eastern Architecture of further India viz. Burma, Cambodia, Siam, Java, China and Japan.

With chronological and topographic derails, it presents the subject to the readers in a more compact and complete form on Indian architecture.