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      Two of the gopurams viewed across the tank in the second enclosure of the Arunachaleshvara Temple in Tiruvannmalai.

      The free-standing Diwan-i-Khas or Hall of Private Audience at the palace complex of Fatehpur Sikri.

      Introduction to Indian Architecture

      text by Bindia Thapar

       illustrations by Suparna Bhalla and Surat Kumar Manto

      Muslim influence in the floral decoration on the pillar capitals of a building.

      Published by Periplus Editions with editorial offices at 61 Tai Seng Avenue #02-12, Singapore 534167

      Text copyright © 2004 Bindia Thapar

       Illustrations © 2004 Suparna Bhalla and Surat Kumar Manto

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       ISBN: 978-1-4629-0642-0 (ebook)

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      Picture Credits

       top (t); bottom (b); middle (m); left (1), right (r)

      P. Aditya: p p. 23 (r, m, b), 26 (b), 78 (bl), 79, 140 (t); Suparna Bhalla: pp. 10 (ml), 11, 30, 31 (r), 33 (b), 34 (b), 37 (b), 42 (tl & m), 45 (t), 47 (r), 49 (r), 50 (1), 52 (t), 53 (tl), 58 (b), 60, 69 (b), 71 (t), 78 (b), 80 (b), 85 (r), 88 (t & b), 92 (t & br), 99, 107 (t), 109 (br), 114-15 (b), 115 (mr), 116 (b), 11 9 (b), 126 (ml), 127 (m), 132 (tl), 134 (b), 137 (b); Michael Freeman: endpapers, pp. 1, 2, 4-5, 6, 8-9, 38-9, 86-7, 90-1, 93, 120-1; R. K. Gaur: pp. 10 (b), 18-19 (t), 22, 25 (mr), 31 (t & b), 32 (t), 41 (br), 54 (b), 65 (b), 68 (b), 97 (tr), 105 (t), 108 (t), 109 (t), 112 (tl), 112-13 (b), 113, 118 (m); Robert Harding: pp. 40-1 (b); Alpana Khare: p. 19 (b); Rupinder Khullar: pp. 14, 15 (t), 16 (t), 17 (tr), 21 (b), 23 (t), 32 (b), 34 (t), 37 (t), 40 (t), 41 (tr), 42 (br), 44 (b), 45 (r), 46, 48 (t), 49 (l), 51 (b), 55 (t), 56, 57 (b), 58 (t), 59 (br), 64 (t), 69 (t), 70 (b), 71 (b), 78 (ml), 80 (tl), 82, 83 (br), 85 (t), 92 (bl), 95, 96, 98 (tl), 99, 100 (tl & br), 101, 110-11, 116 (t), 118 (tl & b), 122 (t), 123 (tl), 133, 134 (t), 135, 136, 137 (t), 138, 139, 141 (t); Sural Kumar Manto: pp. 16 (b), 29 (t), 40 (bl), 52 (b), 55 (b), 77, 82-3, 94-5, 98, 102-3 (b), 112 (b l), 129 (t); National Musewn, new Delhi: pp. 10 (tl), 28 (t), 29 (b), 84 (t); V. Muthuraman: pp. 13, 17 (tl & br), 48 (b), 53 (t r & b), 57 (t & m), 59 (t), 125; John Panikar: p. 140 (b); G. C. Otto: pp. 12 (ml), 36, 47 (b), 124 (It & r); Otto Pfister: p. 25 (ml); Ram Rehman: p. 141 (b); Raj Rewal: p. 142; Kamal Sahai: pp. 12 (br), 15 (b), 50 (br), 70 (t), 89, 123 (tr & b), 124 (bl), 127 (b), 130, 131; Ayesha Sarkar: p. 76 (t); Toby Sinclair: pp. 28 (b), 132 (b); B. B. S. Walia: pp. 12 (tl), 19 (m), 21 (mr), 26 (t), 27, 35, 43, 44 (t), 47 (t), 54 (t), 61, 62 (t & br), 63, 65 (t & m), 68 (t), 76 (b), 78 (t), 81, 84 (b), 103, 104, 105 (b), 107 (b), 109 (bl), 114 (t 1), 115 (t & ml), 116 (m), 117, 119 (tl & r), 129 (b); Henry Wilson: pp. 3, 18, 20, 21 (tl & r), 24, 25 (tl & r), 33 (t), 51 (t), 62 (bl), 64 (b), 66, 67, 72, 73, 74, 75, 80 (ml), 88 (m), 97 (tl), 100 (ml), 106, 108 (b), 122 (b), 127 (t), 129.

      Endpapers: Detail of the original blue, white and yellow tile work on the façade of the Man Mandir palace at Gwalior Fort.

      The ornate screened façade of the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur where women could sit in seclusion enjoying the view and the breezes.

      Rock-cut Jain statues below Gwalior Fort.

      Contents

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Introduction 10
Residential Spaces 16
Vernacular Architecture 18
Elements of Space and Decoration 20
Architecture and Science 22
Architecture and Water 24
Water Palaces and Pavilions 26
Early Architecture 28
The Vaastu Shastra 30
Sacred Buddhist Spaces 32
The Rock-cut Architecture of Ajanta 36
Building in the Himalayas 40
Sacred Hindu Architecture 42
Hindu Rock-cut Temples 44
The Evolution of the Hindu Temple 46