Temples of India

By:

Deva, Krishna

Language: ENG Publication details: New Delhi Aryan Books 1995Description: xxii,286 PagesISBN:

978-81-7305-054-1

Subject(s):

BUILDING TYPES (AR-BUIL)

DDC classification:

726.15 DEV DDC23

Summary: The book narrates the fascinating story of the foundation and development of the architectural style of North and South India stretching from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from coast to coast, highlighting their principal stages and substages. The book identifies the distinctive feature of the various temples in India and studies them against a background of their cultural and political development, the latter not inconsiderably conditioned by dynastic patronage. The book in two volumes of text and plates embodies the latest researches on Indian temples and will be useful not only to the scholar and serious student but also to the lay reader.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Vol info	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	School of Architecture General Stacks	Circulation	726.15 DEV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Plates	Available		A1727
Books	School of Architecture General Stacks	Circulation	726.15 DEV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Text	Checked out to Mohammed Aejaz Shaikh (18AR62)	15/01/2020	A1726

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The book narrates the fascinating story of the foundation and development of the architectural style of North and South India stretching from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from coast to coast, highlighting their principal stages and substages. The book identifies the distinctive feature of the various temples in India and studies them against a background of their cultural and political development, the latter not inconsiderably conditioned by dynastic patronage. The book in two volumes of text and plates embodies the latest researches on Indian temples and will be useful not only to the scholar and serious student but also to the lay reader.

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