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This book is a homage to the tremendous architectural heritage of India. The building of forts and palaces has always been regarded as a symbol of dynastic pride. These grand structures witnessed the rise and fall of many a great kingdom in medieval India.There are hundreds of forts in different parts of the country. A vast number of these forts survive in sheer ruins, rendering it extremely difficult to identify the structures within. Some of these magnificent ...
Temples of south India, Authored by Dr. Surendra Sahai should rank amongst the most comprehensive and scholarly books written on temples in the peninsula. The huge canvas presented a daunting task involving tremendous research work and great photography.Great temple towns like Pattadakal, Kanchipuram Chidambaram, Srirangam, Madurai and Rameshwaram still draw millions of devotees, Cynics, historians, tourists and photographers from distant lands, no one goes back ...
Enchanting Rajasthan, land of the proud Rajput warriors and extravagantly colourful lively people has been a favourite destination for travellers to India. The stories of honour, valour and chivalry, the magnificent pageantry of Maharajas, splendidly chiselled temples and the grandeur and opulence of the palaces has attracted visitors from all over the world. Its fairs and festivals are a riot of colour and its scintillating music and dance dazzle the onlooker. ...
The present book deals with the evolution of divergent architectural styles in the long tradition of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain temples. As such it is not a comprehensive history of architecture with pretensions to any startling conclusions or arguments. The format of research dissertations has not been followed to avoid a lifeless documentation of monuments. However, the author has mad use of the latest research publications available on the subject. The book aims ...
This book atempts to showcase in a readable style, the history of India Architecture of the Islamic period, from the founding of hte Delhi Sultanate in 1193 to the end of hte Mughal rule in 1857. The advent of Islam in India was followed by a titanic clash of two vastly different cultures and architectural styles, of realism and idealism. It was an epoch-making event. The book traces how, during the nedxt six centuries, various Islamic ruling dynasties all over ...
A beautifully illustrated book giving the history of Khajuraho temples and the Various legends connected with them. The medieval centuries saw some of the greatest and finest temple building activity in India. Though there are elements of similarity between them in different parts of the country, the temples of khajuraho are one of the most refined and finished manifestations of Indian Architecture in the Indo-Aryan style. Designed by Yogesh Gajwani and Suraksha ...