Theory and practice of temple architecture in medieval India Bhoja;s samaranganasutradhara and the Bhojpur line drawings Tr. from the Sanskrit by Mattia Salvini

By:

Hardy, Adam

Publication details: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts 2015 New Delhi; Dev Publishers and Distbutors 2015 New DelhiDescription: xiv,293pISBN:

9789381406410

DDC classification:

726.10954 HAR

Contents:

Contents Foreword vii Preface viii Acknowledgements xi Credits for the illustrations ™ Translator's note xii Map showing temple sites mentioned in the text xiii 1. Introduction Temple and Text 1 Bhoja's Royal Temple and the Architectural Tradition 4 Bhoja's Treatise on Architecture and the Textual Tradition 22 2. Bhoja's Abandoned Building Site 31 3. Nagara Temples in the Samaranganasutradhara 75 4. Dravida Temples in the Samaranganasutradhara 165 5. Bhumija Temples in the Samaranganasutradhara 203 6. Theory and Practice Bhojpur and the Samaranganasutradhara 255 Correlating Temples and Text 256 Parivartand 260 Texts, Drawings and the Act of Creation - 264 Appendix 1. Measured survey of the mulaprdsdda of the Udayesvara temple, 271 Udayapur, by Amita Kanekar Appendix 2. Comparisons between prescriptions in Chapter 65 of the 272 Samaranganasutradhara and examples of Bhumija temples Appendix 3. From Point to Parivartana to Plan, by Paul Glossop 277 Glossary 285 Bibliography 289 Index 292

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Contents
Foreword vii
Preface viii
Acknowledgements xi
Credits for the illustrations ™
Translator's note xii
Map showing temple sites mentioned in the text xiii
1. Introduction
Temple and Text 1
Bhoja's Royal Temple and the Architectural Tradition 4
Bhoja's Treatise on Architecture and the Textual Tradition 22
2. Bhoja's Abandoned Building Site 31
3. Nagara Temples in the Samaranganasutradhara 75
4. Dravida Temples in the Samaranganasutradhara 165
5. Bhumija Temples in the Samaranganasutradhara 203
6. Theory and Practice
Bhojpur and the Samaranganasutradhara 255
Correlating Temples and Text 256
Parivartand 260
Texts, Drawings and the Act of Creation - 264
Appendix 1. Measured survey of the mulaprdsdda of the Udayesvara temple, 271
Udayapur, by Amita Kanekar
Appendix 2. Comparisons between prescriptions in Chapter 65 of the 272
Samaranganasutradhara and examples of Bhumija temples
Appendix 3. From Point to Parivartana to Plan, by Paul Glossop 277
Glossary 285
Bibliography 289
Index 292

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