[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915) › c3 # The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c3: Contents The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c3 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.1) | | PAGES | | PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . | vii–viii | | INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . | xxi–xxxv | ### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.2) CHAPTER I ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.3) The Mauryan Dynasty and the Foundations of Indian Civilisation—Indian Village and Town Planning . . . . . . . 1–18 ### [c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.4) CHAPTER II ### [c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.5) Building Bye-laws—Village Dwellings—The Assembly-hall—The Administration of Villages and Towns—Constitutional Government in Ancient India—Village Walls and Gateways . . . . 19–32 ### [c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.6) CHAPTER III ### [c3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.7) Fergusson’s Classifications of Style—Divine Worship in Ancient India—The Village Shrine in Asoka’s Time—The Inspiration of Indo-Aryan Art . . . . . . . . . . 33–45 ### [c3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.8) CHAPTER IV ### [c3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.9) The Stûpa and its Symbolism . . . . . . . 46–54 ### [c3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.10) CHAPTER V ### [c3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.11) Symbolism: The Lotus-leaf Arch, or Sun-window—Pillars, Capitals, and Bases—The Vishnu Standard and Pillar—The Holy Mount—The Symbol of Death . . . . . . . . 55–64 ### [c3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.12) CHAPTER VI ### [c3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.13) The \*Chaitya-griha\*, or Buddhist Chapter-house—The \*raison d'être\* of Rock-cut Temples and Monasteries—The Kârlê Rock-cut Chaityahouse—The Birth of Gothic Art in Europe . . . . 65–77 ### [c3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.14) CHAPTER VII ### [c3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.15) The Vihâra or Monastery—The Gautamî-putra Monastery, Nâsik—Monastery at Bedsâ—Models of Monasteries at Mâmallapuram . . . 78–91 ### [c3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.16) CHAPTER VIII ### [c3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.17) Vishnu and Siva Shrines—The Allegory of the Dawn-maiden—The Brahmâ Shrine—Orientation of Indian Temples . . . 92–109 ### [c3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.18) CHAPTER IX ### [c3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.19) The Evolution of Indian Fine Art and its Influence on Temple Building—The Gandharan School—The Philosophy of Indian Temple Building—Indian Arches—The Temple of Mârtând . . . 110–124 ### [c3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.20) CHAPTER X ### [c3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.21) The Gupta Empire—Vikramâditya's Statecraft—Indian Colonisation—Chinese Accounts of India in the Fifth and Seventh Centuries—Harsha of Thanesar and his Government—The Feast of the Indian Trinity at Prayâga . . . . . . 125–139 ### [c3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.22) CHAPTER XI ### [c3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.23) Ancient Indian Universities—The University of Ajantâ—Vishnu's Last Avatar. . . . . . . . . 140–155 ### [c3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.24) CHAPTER XII ### [c3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.25) The Great Temple of Elephanta—The Trimûrti . . . 156–165 ### [c3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.26) CHAPTER XIII ### [c3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.27) The Dynasties of Southern India—Aryan Civilisation in the South—The Five Great Assemblies—Local Self-government in the Tenth Century—Siva Temples at Bâdâmi—Temples at Pattadakal—The Virûpâksha Temple—The Evolution of Temple Planning . . . 166–185 ### [c3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.28) CHAPTER XIV ### [c3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.29) The Tîrth of Ellora—The Visvakarma Chaitya-house—The Dumar Lena Temple—The Ramêsvara Temple—The Kailâsa Temple—The Indra Sabhâ and Jagannath Sabhâ . . . . . . 186–202 ### [c3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.30) CHAPTER XV ### [c3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.31) The Hindu Decadence in the North of India—The Temples of Khajurâho—The Domes of Mandapams—Sankarâcharya and his Mission—Southern Indian Architecture in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries 203–216 ### [c3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.32) CHAPTER XVI ### [c3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3.33) The Muhammadan Invasions and After . . . . . . 217–223 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c3) · Pramāṇa