Hardy, Adam

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

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