This second set in a series covering the full range of Indian Temple Architecture surveys early temples in Upper Dravidadesa, particularly those of the Calukyas of Badami and of Vengi and the Rastrakutas of Malkhed. Other dynasties discussed are the Alupas, Telugu-Codas and Vaidumbas, Gangas, Nolambas, Santaras, and the early Hoysalas. Arranged by region and dynasty, the Chapters also suggest something of the nature of local idioms and regional artistic styles, and are lavishly illustrated with photographs and drawings from the Institute's archives. Prepared by the American Institute of Indian Studies' Centre for Art and Archaeology, Varanasi, these volumes reflect the contribution of a group of leading Indian archaeologists, co-ordinated by M.A. Dhaky, Associate Director at the Centre. Edited by Professor Michael W. Meister of the History of Art and South Asia Regional Studies Departments of the University of Pennsylvania, with Mr. Dhaky, these volumes contribute to the ongoing documentation and analysis of Indian monuments required for further work in the field. Following volumes will deal with later Calukya, Hoysala, and other styles of South India, and with the development of temple architecture in the North. Each volume is provided with a brief reference Glossary of architectural terms and fully annotated Glossary volumes are under preparation by the Centre to form a separate part of this series.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M A Dhaky
Professor M.A. Dhaky, currently Director (Emeritus) at the American Institute of Indian Studies’ Centre for Art and Archaeology, Gurgaon (Haryana), is a historian and researcher of ancient and medieval Indian art and architecture and Sanskrit texts that relate to the architecture of the ancient buildings. Prof. Dhaky had served on deputation at the AIIS’ Varanasi Center from August 1966, first from the Department of Archaeology, Government of Gujarat, and from 1974 from the L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad, where he was till 1987 posted as the Research Professor of Indian Art and Architecture. Among his publications are the short and long monographs, chapters to the Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture and research papers in English, Gujarati, and in Hindi, on the history and literature including agamas and hymnology of the Nirgranthadarsana, as also articles involving criticism and interpretation of art and architecture, musicology and horticulture, all together numbering 290. He is recipient of many a awards and honours: the ‘Kumara’ silver medal (Ahmedabad 1974), an award of the Prakrta Jananabharati, Bangalore (1993), the Campbell Memorial Gold Medal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay (1994), the Hemacandracarya Award from Jaswanta Dharmarth Trust, Delhi (1997), and an award and gold medal from “Kalikalasarvjna Sri Hemacandracarya Navam Janma-Satabdi Smriti Samskara Siksana Nidhi†Trust, Ahmedabad (1999).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael W. Meister
Michael W. Meister is Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor of the History of Art and South Asia Regional Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He has served as editor of the American Institute of Indian Studies' series, the Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, and also edited volumes on Discourses on Siva, Making Things in South Asia, and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy: Essays in Early Indian Architecture and Essays in Architectural Theory.
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