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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)

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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.
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| 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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