TY - GEN AU - Baig, Tara Ali AU - Boisselier, Jean TI - Asian Connections PY - 2022/// CY - Mumbai PB - Marg Publications KW - ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN) N2 - A direct replica of an Indian temple does not exist in Southeast Asia, but adaptations are plentiful. Their presence in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan strike us as regional expressions of a shared and interlinked history. This section’s brief survey of the variety of temples within South Asia finds that no one normative model lays down how a temple ought to look. Research in post colonialism, multiculturalism and related areas has led to a view of culture as not being limited to a geography, but being able to thrive even in a condition of mobility. Writings over the past few decades have shown that a transcultural model for exchange enables us to see the patronage of those particularities that moved from Southeast Asia to South Asia rather than as a one-way transference UR - https://marg-art.org/product/UHJvZHVjdDo1NDE0 ER -