Shiva's waterfront temples : architects and their audiences in medieval India /

The vibrant red sandstone temples of India's Deccan Plateau, such as the Pattadakal temple cluster, have attracted visitors since the eighth century or earlier. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the coronation place of the Chalukya dynasty, Pattadakal and its neighboring sites are of major histo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kaligotla, Subhashini, 1969- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2022].
Subjects:	Architecture, Medieval > India > Deccan. Temples > India > Deccan. ARCHITECTURE / General.

Table of Contents:

Toward a historical reinterpretation of Deccan heterogeneity
Writ in stone: epigraphs and the presence of early medieval Deccan makers
"Small models of large buildings"?: the many meanings of micro architecture
Temples on temples: mediating power, difference, and canonical knowledge
"Maker of many cities": fashioning and experiencing the early Deccan temple cluster
Conclusion: the afterlives of the temple cluster.