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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 toIndian 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. Published by Periplus Editions with editorial offices at 61 Tai Seng Avenue #02-12, Singapore 534167 Text copyright © 2004 Bindia Thapar Illustrations © 2004 Suparna Bhalla and Surat Kumar Manto All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4629-0642-0 (ebook) Distributors North America, Latin America, and Europe: Tuttle Publishing, 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 tel: (802) 773 8930; fax: (802) 773 6993 e-mail: [email protected]; www.tuttlepublishing.com Asia Pacific: Berkeley Books Pte Ltd, 61 Tai Seng Avenu #02-12, Singapore 534167 tel (65) 6280 1330; fax (65) 6280 6290 e-mail: [email protected]; www.periplus.com Japan: Tuttle Publishing, Yaekari Building, 3F, 5-4-12 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku; Tokyo 141-0032; tel: (813) 5437 0171; fax: (813) 5437 0755; e-mail: [email protected] Picture Credits 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. Contents 10 Introduction 16 Residential Spaces Vernacular Architecture 18 Elements of Space and Decoration 20 22 Architecture and Science 24 Architecture and Water Water Palaces and Pavilions 26 28 Early Architecture 30 The Vaastu Shastra 32 Sacred Buddhist Spaces The Rock-cut Architecture of Ajanta 36 Building in the Himalayas 40 42 Sacred Hindu Architecture Hindu Rock-cut Temples 44 The Evolution of the Hindu Temple 46 48 The Dravidian Style The Pancha Ratha at Mamallapuram 50 The Brihadishwara Temple at Thanjavur 52 Architecture of the Vijayanagara Dynasty 54