[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/brown-p) - **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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c1) — 27 parts - [c2 Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c2) — 10 parts - [c3 Preface to the Third Revised Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c3) — 2 parts - [c4 Preface to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c4) — 3 parts - [c5 Preface to the First Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c5) — 4 parts - [c6 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c6) — 3 parts - [c7 List of Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c7) — 6 parts - [c8 Chapter I: Introduction: The Indus Civilization (c. B.C. 3000-2000)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c8) — 2 parts - [c9 Chapter II: Building During the Role of the Early Mauryan Dynasty (c. 400 B.C.): Wooden Origins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c9) — 27 parts - [c10 Chapter III: Asoka, and the Beginnings of the Buddhist School (cir. B.C. 250)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c10) — 36 parts - [c11 Chapter IV: The Building Art Under the Sungas and Andhras (cir. B.C. 185 to A.D. 150)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c11) — 31 parts - [c12 Chapter V: Buddhist Rock-Cut Architecture: The Early or Hinayana Phase, 2nd Century B.C. to 2nd Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c12) — 50 parts - [c13 Chapter VI: Rock-Cut Architecture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c13) — 2 parts - [c14 Chapter VII: The Mahayana or Theistic Buddhist Monasteries of Gandhara (B.C. 250 to A.D. 450)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c14) — 28 parts - [c15 Chapter VIII: Buddhist Architecture in Southern India (200 B.C. to 4th Century A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c15) — 28 parts - [c16 Chapter IX: Buildings in Brick](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c16) — 47 parts - [c17 Chapter X: The Gupta Period (c. A.D. 350 to 650)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c17) — 32 parts - [c18 Chapter XI: Chalukyan Architecture: Its Beginnings at Aihole and Badami (c. 450 A.D. to c. 650 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c18) — 28 parts - [c19 Chapter XII: The Rock-Cut Architecture of the Mahayana Buddhists (cir. A.D. 450 to 642)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c19) — 42 parts - [c20 Chapter XIII: The Evolution of the Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c20) — 29 parts - [c21 Chapter XIV: The Early Chalukyan Phase at Aihole, Badami, and Pattadakal (A.D. 600 to 750)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c21) — 30 parts - [c22 Chapter XV: Rock-Architecture: The Final Phase (A.D. 600 to 900)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c22) — 37 parts - [c23 Chapter XVI: The Dravidian Style, Its Genesis Under the Pallavas (c. 600 A.D. to 900)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c23) — 44 parts - [c24 Chapter XVII: The Dravidian Style: The Temples of the Cholas (A.D. 900 to 1150)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c24) — 28 parts - [c25 Chapter XVIII: The Dravidian Style Under the Pandyas (cir. 1100 to 1350)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c25) — 18 parts - [c26 Chapter XIX: The Dravidian Style Under the Vijayanagar Dynasty (cir. A.D. 1350 to 1565)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c26) — 26 parts - [c27 Chapter XX: The Dravidian Style: Madura: The Final Phase (from cir. A.D. 1600)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c27) — 29 parts - [c28 Chapter XXI: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style: Orissa (A.D. 800 to 1250)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c28) — 52 parts - [c29 Chapter XXII: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style (continued): The Khajuraho Group, Central India (A.D. 950 to 1050)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c29) — 23 parts - [c30 Chapter XXIII: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style (continued): Rajputana and Central India (8th to 11th Centuries)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c30) — 21 parts - [c31 Chapter XXIV: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style (continued): Gujarat and the West (A.D. 941 to 1311)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c31) — 46 parts - [c32 Chapter XXV: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style: The Temples of the Deccan (11th to 13th centuries)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c32) — 19 parts - [c33 Chapter XXVI: The Northern or Indo-Aryan Style (concluded): The Temples at Gwalior (11th century) and Brindaban (16th century)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c33) — 16 parts - [c34 Chapter XXVII: Temples with Gabled or Multiple Roofs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c34) — 23 parts - [c35 Chapter XXVIII: The Temple-Cities of the Jains](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c35) — 26 parts - [c36 Chapter XXIX: The Later Chalukyan or Hoysala Style (A.D. 1050 to 1300)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c36) — 39 parts - [c37 Chapter XXX: The Later Chalukyan Style](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c37) — 39 parts - [c38 Chapter XXXI: The Brahmanical Buildings of Bengal (8th to 17th Centuries)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c38) — 32 parts - [c39 Chapter XXXII: Kashmir: The Buddhist and Brahmanical Remains (A.D. 200 to 1300)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c39) — 59 parts - [c40 Chapter XXXIII: The Building Art of Nepal](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c40) — 40 parts - [c41 Chapter XXXIV: The Capital Cities of Ceylon](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c41) — 74 parts - [c42 Chapter XXXV: The "Pagodas" of Burma](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c42) — 35 parts - [c43 Chapter XXXVI: The Architecture of Greater India: (1) Cambodia](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c43) — 58 parts - [c44 Chapter XXXVII: Greater India: (2) The Building Art of Siam](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c44) — 24 parts - [c45 Chapter XXXVIII: Greater India: (3) The Buildings of the Chams](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c45) — 21 parts - [c46 Chapter XXXIX: Greater India: (4) Java and Bali](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c46) — 43 parts - [c47 Appendix](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c47) — 40 parts - [c48 Glossary of Terms](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c48) — 52 parts - [c49 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c49) — 4 parts - [c50 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942.c50) — 35 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.brown-1942) · Pramāṇa