Theory and practice of temple architecture in medieval India : Bhoja's Samaranganasutradhara and the Bhojpur line drawings
- New Delhi Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts / Dev Publishers & Distributors 2015
- x, 295p., app., glos., bib., ind., 30 cm X 21 cm
Recommended by: Shailedra Raj Mehta
Acknowledgements xi Credits for the illustrations xii Translator's note xii Map showing temple sites mentioned in the text xiii 1. Introduction Temple and Text Bhoja's Royal Temple and the Architectural Tradition 4 Bhoja's Treatise on Architecture and the Textual Tradition 2. Bhoja's Abandoned Building Site 3. Nagara Temples in the Samaranganasutradhara 4. Dravida Temples in the Samaranganasutradhara 5.Bhumija Temples in the Samaranganasutradhara Theory and Practice Bhojpur and the Samaranganasutradhara Correlating Temples and Text Parivartand Texts, Drawings and the Act of Creation Appendix 1. Measured survey of the Mulaprasada of the Udayesvara temple, Udayapur, by Amita Kanekar Appendix 2. Comparisons between prescriptions in Chapter 65 of the Samaranganasutradhara and examples of Bhumija temples Appendix 3. From Point to Parivartana to Plan, by Paul Glossop Glossary
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--Bhojarāja, King of Malwa, active 11th century--temples--India--religious architecture