Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods)

Survey of Buddhist, Jain and Hindu architecture by period and region: stūpas, caves, temples, cities, with plans and reconstructions.

Language

English

Author

Percy Brown

Extent

1,540 passages, 235,515 words

Text

complete digital text

Source

archive.org · D. B. Taraporevala, Bombay, 1959 ed.; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Percy Brown †1955)

Contents

• c1 Front matter — 27 parts
• c2 Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) — 10 parts
• c3 Preface to the Third Revised Edition — 2 parts
• c4 Preface to the Second Edition — 3 parts
• c5 Preface to the First Edition — 4 parts
• c6 Contents — 3 parts
• c7 List of Illustrations — 6 parts
• c8 Chapter I: Introduction: The Indus Civilization (c. B.C. 3000-2000) — 2 parts
• c9 Chapter II: Building During the Role of the Early Mauryan Dynasty (c. 400 B.C.): Wooden Origins — 27 parts
• c10 Chapter III: Asoka, and the Beginnings of the Buddhist School (cir. B.C. 250) — 36 parts
• c11 Chapter IV: The Building Art Under the Sungas and Andhras (cir. B.C. 185 to A.D. 150) — 31 parts
• c12 Chapter V: Buddhist Rock-Cut Architecture: The Early or Hinayana Phase, 2nd Century B.C. to 2nd Century A.D. — 50 parts
• c13 Chapter VI: Rock-Cut Architecture — 2 parts
• c14 Chapter VII: The Mahayana or Theistic Buddhist Monasteries of Gandhara (B.C. 250 to A.D. 450) — 28 parts
• c15 Chapter VIII: Buddhist Architecture in Southern India (200 B.C. to 4th Century A.D.) — 28 parts
• c16 Chapter IX: Buildings in Brick — 47 parts
• c17 Chapter X: The Gupta Period (c. A.D. 350 to 650) — 32 parts
• c18 Chapter XI: Chalukyan Architecture: Its Beginnings at Aihole and Badami (c. 450 A.D. to c. 650 A.D.) — 28 parts
• c19 Chapter XII: The Rock-Cut Architecture of the Mahayana Buddhists (cir. A.D. 450 to 642) — 42 parts
• c20 Chapter XIII: The Evolution of the Temple — 29 parts
• c21 Chapter XIV: The Early Chalukyan Phase at Aihole, Badami, and Pattadakal (A.D. 600 to 750) — 30 parts
• c22 Chapter XV: Rock-Architecture: The Final Phase (A.D. 600 to 900) — 37 parts
• c23 Chapter XVI: The Dravidian Style, Its Genesis Under the Pallavas (c. 600 A.D. to 900) — 44 parts
• c24 Chapter XVII: The Dravidian Style: The Temples of the Cholas (A.D. 900 to 1150) — 28 parts
• c25 Chapter XVIII: The Dravidian Style Under the Pandyas (cir. 1100 to 1350) — 18 parts
• c26 Chapter XIX: The Dravidian Style Under the Vijayanagar Dynasty (cir. A.D. 1350 to 1565) — 26 parts
• c27 Chapter XX: The Dravidian Style: Madura: The Final Phase (from cir. A.D. 1600) — 29 parts
• c28 Chapter XXI: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style: Orissa (A.D. 800 to 1250) — 52 parts
• c29 Chapter XXII: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style (continued): The Khajuraho Group, Central India (A.D. 950 to 1050) — 23 parts
• c30 Chapter XXIII: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style (continued): Rajputana and Central India (8th to 11th Centuries) — 21 parts
• c31 Chapter XXIV: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style (continued): Gujarat and the West (A.D. 941 to 1311) — 46 parts
• c32 Chapter XXV: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style: The Temples of the Deccan (11th to 13th centuries) — 19 parts
• c33 Chapter XXVI: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style (concluded): The Temples at Gwalior (11th century) and Brindaban (16th century) — 16 parts
• c34 Chapter XXVII: Temples with Gabled or Multiple Roofs — 23 parts
• c35 Chapter XXVIII: The Temple-Cities of the Jains — 26 parts
• c36 Chapter XXIX: The Later Chalukyan or Hoysala Style (A.D. 1050 to 1300) — 39 parts
• c37 Chapter XXX: The Later Chalukyan Style — 39 parts
• c38 Chapter XXXI: The Brahmanical Buildings of Bengal (8th to 17th Centuries) — 32 parts
• c39 Chapter XXXII: Kashmir: The Buddhist and Brahmanical Remains (A.D. 200 to 1300) — 59 parts
• c40 Chapter XXXIII: The Building Art of Nepal — 40 parts
• c41 Chapter XXXIV: The Capital Cities of Ceylon — 74 parts
• c42 Chapter XXXV: The "Pagodas" of Burma — 35 parts
• c43 Chapter XXXVI: The Architecture of Greater India: (1) Cambodia — 58 parts
• c44 Chapter XXXVII: Greater India: (2) The Building Art of Siam — 24 parts
• c45 Chapter XXXVIII: Greater India: (3) The Buildings of the Chams — 21 parts
• c46 Chapter XXXIX: Greater India: (4) Java and Bali — 43 parts
• c47 Appendix — 40 parts
• c48 Glossary of Terms — 52 parts
• c49 Bibliography — 4 parts
• c50 Index — 35 parts