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
| 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 |
