Introduction to Indian Architecture

294 Pages·2005·17.35 MB·English

by  Bindia Thapar

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.
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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.