Main entry:

Michell, George, author.

Title & Author:

Late temple architecture of India, 15th to 19th centuries : continuities, revivals, appropriations, and innovations / George Michell.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Description:

351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-340) and index.
Historical and religious background. Patterns of building activity ; Devotional cults and temple patrons -- Stylistic trends. Continuities and revivals ; Appropriations ; Innovations ; Overview -- Key monuments. The extreme north: Himachal Pradesh and Jammu ; Central India: Braj, Bundelkhand, Avadh ; Eastern India: Bihar and Jharkhand, Orissa, Bengal, Assam and Tripura ; Western India: Rajasthan, Gujarat ; Malwa and the Deccan: Malwa, Maharashtra ; The western coast: Goa, Kanara and Malnad, Kerala ; Southern India: Karnataka and Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu.

Summary:

Surveys over 300 temples from the time of the sultanates, the Mughals, and the British and seeks to understand "borrowings" like domes, vaults, and pointed arches in the Hindu and Jain religious contexts.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780199454679 (hardcover)
0199454671 (hardcover)

Subject:

Temples India History.
Hindu architecture India.
Jaina architecture India.
Architecture hindoue Inde.
Architecture jaïna Inde.
21.60 architecture: general.
20.49 Hindu art.
15.75 history of Asia.
Architecture and Planning.
Hindu architecture.
Jaina architecture.
Temples.
Architektur
Tempelbau
Hinduismus
Jainismus
India.
Indien

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289640
Call No.: BIB 232221
Status: Available