A social history of Indian architecture /
"This volume seeks to overcome this inadequacy by examining the geographical, historical, and functional aspects of architecture in India. Looking beyond the point of view of dynasties, periods or religions, the book traces the various social and historical developments in the field. Following...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | "This volume seeks to overcome this inadequacy by examining the geographical, historical, and functional aspects of architecture in India. Looking beyond the point of view of dynasties, periods or religions, the book traces the various social and historical developments in the field. Following a multi-disciplinary approach that emphasizes sociological aspects, the volume examines in detail, settlement patterns, the architecture of individual houses and chaityas, as also structural materials used for their construction, in addition to those of palaces, funerary monuments, temples, mosques, and monasteries." "Complemented by over eighty figures including photographs, plans, and detailed diagrams, this book will interest scholars of architecture, history, sociology, and the informed lay reader."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 256 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-256). |
| ISBN: | 9780195670394 0195670396 |