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  ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE

Edited by M. A. Dhaky

 

VOL. I, PART 3
SOUTH INDIA : UPPER DRAVIDADESA
LATER PHASE, A.D. 973-1326
1996 text and plates xxix+596 pp. line drawings, gloss. index, 1674 b&w plates, ISBN: 81-86526-00-5, Rs 4000 (set of two) (HB)

VOL. II, PART 3
NORTH INDIA : BEGINNINGS OF MEDIEVAL IDIOM
c.A.D. 900-1000
1998 text and plates xxvii+426pp, line drawings,  gloss. index 913 ills, ISBN: 81-7304-226-8: Rs 5000 (set of two) (HB)


VOL. I Part 3 : This part in two binds, covers the full range of Indian temples and associated buildings in Upper Dravidadesa, particularly those in the territories of the Calukyas of kalyana, Hoysalas of dorassamudra, as well as the Kadambas, Rattas, Guttas, Seunas, Santaras, etc., in Karnataka and those in the domain of the Kakatiyas of Varangal together with those of the Calukyas of Vemulavada, Telugu Codas, Reddis, and malyalas, all in the Telingana area of Andhra Pradesh, and finally the Alupas of Tulunadu.  Arranged by region and dynasty, the chapters also focus, whereever evidence is clear, on the nature of local idioms and origins of the regional styles.

VOL. II Part 3 : This part in two binds surveys the tenth century temples (and associated structures) in different pronvinces of the north Indian megaterritory, built under the political aegis of the then ruling various provincial -principal, and subordinate --dynasties.  Among these, the more notable were the Cahamanas of Sakambhari and of Naddula, and Solankis of Anahillapatka in western India; also, the kalacuris of Cedidesa olim Dahaladesa, Candelas of jejakabhukti, and kacchapaghatas of Gopagiri in central India, and the Somavamsis of Kalingadesa in eastern India.

 

M. A. DHAKY, Director (Research) at the American Institute of Indian Studies, Centre for  Art and Archaeology, Varanasi, is an eminent historian and researcher of Indian temple architecture, particularly well versed in Sanskrit texts that are related to standing monuments.  Among his many publications are the short and long monographs such as The Vyala Figures on the Medieval Temples of India, the Indian Temple Forms in Karnata Inscriptions and Architecture.

In 1993 he got an award form the prakrit Jnanabharati, Bangalore, and in 1994 the Campbell Memorial Gold medal from the Asiatic Society, Bombay.


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