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# Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c6: Contents

Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c6

- **Language:** English

### Contents

### [c6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c6.1)

| @H PTER | | | PAGE |  
| | INTRODUCTION | | |  
| I. | THE INDUS CIVILIZATION (cir B.C. 3000-2000) . . . . .  | | 1 |  
| | THE VEDIC CULTURE (cir. B.C. 1500-800) | | |  
| II. | BUILDING DURING THE RULE OF THE EARLY MAURYAN DYNASTY (cir. 400 B.C.) : WOODEN ORIGINS . . . . .  | | 5 |  
| III. | ASOKA, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE BUDDHIST SCHOOL (cir. 250 B.C.) ... | | 7 |  
| IV. | THE BUILDING ART UNDER THE SUNGAS AND ANDHRAS (cir. 185 B.C. to A.D. 150) . . . . .  | | 13 |  
| V. | BUDDHIST ROCK-CUT ARCHITECTURE : THE EARLY OR HINAYANA PHASE (2ND CENTURY B.C. TO 2ND CENTURY A.D.) . . . . .  | | 19 |  
| VI. | ROCK-CUT ARCHITECTURE . . . . .  | | 27 |  
| | THE HINAYANA BUDDHIST VIHARAS OR MONASTERIES | | |  
| | THE ROCK ARCHITECTURE OF ORISSA (2ND CENTURY B.C.) | | |  
| VII. | THE MAHAYANA OR THEISTIC BUDDHIST MONASTERIES OF GANDHARA (250 B.C. to A.D. 450) . . . . .  | | 31 |  
| VIII | BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTHERN INDIA (200 B.C. to 4TH CENTURY A.D.) | | 36 |  
| IX. | BUILDINGS IN BRICK . . . . .  | | 40 |  
| X. | THE GUPTA PERIOD (cir. A.D. 350 to 650) . . . . .  | | 47 |  
| XI. | CHALUKYAN ARCHITECTURE : ITS BEGINNINGS AT AIHOLE AND BADAMI (cir. A.D. 450 to 650) . . . . .  | | 52 |  
| XII. | THE ROCK-CUT ARCHITECTURE OF THE MAHAYANA BUDDHISTS (cir. A.D. 450 to 642) . . . . .  | | 56 |  
| XIII. | EVOLUTION OF THE TEMPLE . . . . .  | | 62 |  
| XIV. | THE EARLY CHALUKYAN PHASE AT AIHOLE, BADAMI, AND PATTADAKAL (A.D. 600 to 750) . . . . .  | | 67 |  
| XV. | ROCK ARCHITECTURE : THE FINAL PHASE (A.D. 600 to 900) ... ... ... | | 71 |  
| XVI. | THE DRAVIDIAN STYLE : ITS GENESIS UNDER THE PALLAVAS (cir. A.D. 600 to 900) . . . . .  | | 77 |  
| XVII. | THE DRAVIDIAN STYLE | | |  
| | THE TEMPLES OF THE CHOLAS (A.D. 900 to 1150) . . . . .  | | 84 |

### [c6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c6.2)

| CHAPTER | | PAGE |  
| XVIII. | THE DRAVIDIAN STYLE UNDER THE PANDYAS (cir. A.D. 1100 to 1350) . . . . .  88 |  
| XIX. | THE DRAVIDIAN STYLE UNDER THE VIJAYANAGAR DYNASTY (cir. A.D. 1350 to 1565) . . . . .  91 |  
| XX. | THE DRAVIDIAN STYLE (\*Concluded\*) MADURA : THE FINAL PHASE (From cir. A D. 1600) . . . . .  95 |  
| XXI. | THE NORTHERN, OR INDO-ARYAN STYLE ORISSA (A.D. 800 to 1250) . . . . .  101 |  
| XXII. | THE NORTHERN, OR INDO-ARYAN STYLE THE KHAJURAHO GROUP, CENTRAL INDIA (A.D. 950 to 1050) ... ... ... 110 |  
| XXIII. | THE NORTHERN, OR INDO-ARYAN STYLE RAJPUTANA AND CENTRAL INDIA (8TH to 11TH CENTURIES) ... ... ... 114 |  
| XXIV. | THE NORTHERN, OR INDO-ARYAN STYLE GUJARAT AND THE WEST (A.D. 941 to 1311) . . . . .  117 |  
| XXV. | THE NORTHERN, OR INDO-ARYAN STYLE THE TEMPLES OF THE DECCAN (11TH to 13TH CENTURIES) ... ... ... 125 |  
| XXVI. | THE NORTHERN, OR INDO-ARYAN STYLE (\*Concluded\*) TEMPLES AT GWALIOR (11TH CENTURY) AND BRINDABAN (16TH CENTURY) ... 128 |  
| XXVII. | TEMPLES WITH GABLED OR MULTIPLE ROOFS . . . . .  131 |  
| XXVIII. | THE TEMPLE CITIES OF THE JAINS . . . . .  134 |  
| XXIX. | THE LATER CHALUKYAN, OR HOYSALA STYLE (A.D. 1050 to 1300) ... ... 138 |  
| XXX. | LATER CHALUKYAN STYLE (cir. A.D. 1050 to 1300) . . . . .  144 |  
| XXXI. | THE BRAHMANICAL BUILDINGS OF BENGAL (8TH to 17TH CENTURIES) ... ... 149 |  
| XXXII. | KASHMIR THE BUDDHIST AND BRAHMANICAL REMAINS (A.D. 200 to 1300) .. .. .. 154 |  
| XXXIII. | THE BUILDING ART OF NEPAL . . . . .  162 |  
| XXXIV. | THE CAPITAL CITIES OF CEYLON . . . . .  166 |  
| XXXV. | THE " PAGODAS " OF BURMA . . . . .  173 |  
| XXXVI. | GREATER INDIA : CAMBODIA . . . . .  178 |  
| XXXVII. | GREATER INDIA : SIAM . . . . .  187 |  
| XXXVIII. | GREATER INDIA : THE BUILDINGS OF THE CHAMS. (Annam, French Indo-China).. 191 |  
| XXXIX. | GREATER INDIA : JAVA AND BALI . . . . .  193 |  
| | APPENDIX . . . . .  200 |  
| | CHRONOLOGY . . . . .  204 |  
| | GLOSSARY OF TERMS . . . . .  205 |  
| | BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . .  210 |  
| | INDEX . . . . .  211 |

### [c6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c6.3)

REFERENCE BOOKS. A list of these will be found at the end of each chapter. There is a short General Bibliography at the end of the book.

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