Encyclopaedia of Indian temple architecture / edited by K.M. Suresh, Sivanagi Reddy, N.C. Panda.

First edition.

Delhi : Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2011.

3 volumes (lix, 1052 pages, 144 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

This title comprises vast research on the architectural features of Indian temples spread all over the Indian subcontinent. This encyclopaedic study is divided into forty-five chapters which delineate the various characteristics of temple architecture starting from the Gupta period (4th c. A.D.) to the Kashi Visvanatha temple rebuilt by Rani Ahilyabai of Indore (1776 A.D.). The work begins with an insight into the Indus Civilization that flourished in the Indus Valley region (now in Pakistan) with the two most important sites of Mohanjo-daro and Harappa revealing a marked degree of controlled urban planning. As for the temple architecture, the Imperial Guptas had established their sovereignty over almost the whole of northern India and the regular building of structural temples in brick and dressed stone started in their regnal period. The period under their immediate patronage fully deserve the name 'The Golden Age' of Indian art and the culture as aesthetic principles of architecture, sculpture and painting were formulated in their region.

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Suresh, K. M., 1952-
Śivanāgireḍḍi, Īmani.
Panda, N. C., 1963-

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