Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c16.5
Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c16.5
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c16.5
Examples of brick architecture in India are of a somewhat miscellaneous order, but they may be resolved into four groups, (1) Buddhist Chaitya Halls, (2) Brahmanical temples, [Figure: BRICK ARCHES ① CORBELLING ② & ③ TEMPLE AT BHITAGAON CIR. 5TH CENT. ④ CTESIPHON, (IRAN) CIR 250 AD ⑤ & ⑥ BUDH GAYA CIR. 7TH CENT. ⑦ RESTORATION OF DHAMEK STUPA SARNATH. CIR 6TH CENT A D ⑧ CONJECTURAL APPEARANCE OF BUDH GAYA WHEN FIRST BUILT. ⑨ STUPA AT MIRPUR-KHAS, SIND (RESTD) CIR 6TH CENT ⑩ PLAN