The ancient and medieval architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation
INTRODUCTION xxxiii Europeans likethese machines,justastheylikegramophones, pianolas, oleographs, and other mechanical devices, ...
xxxiv INTRODUCTION years handeddown anoraltradition ofthe highest philosophy andthe finestliterature arenot illiterate; though t ...
INTRODUCTION xxxv Census Report for 1901, oneof thoseflashesofinsight which occasionally appear in Anglo-Indian records. The Cen ...
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THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE of INDIA: A STUDY OF INDO-ARYAN CIVILISATION CHAPTER I THE MAURYAN DYNASTY AND THE FOUNDAT ...
2 THE MAURYAN DYNASTY Alexander had wrested from Darius. This disaster made Seleukosanxioustocometo termswithhisIndian antagonis ...
THE MAURYAN DYNASTY 3 Western scholars seem to make it necessaryto abandon the theory thattheearly Aryan invadersofIndiawereonly ...
4 THE INDIAN VILLAGE Indo-Aryan culture had already for many centuries planted itselfdeepinIndiansoil,andIndo-Aryan buildinghada ...
THE INDIAN VILLAGE 5 hardly ascoreof townsofany considerablesizeas existing in the whole vast territory, from Kandahar nearly to ...
6 ASOKA'S PROPAGANDA employedbydififerent sectstoexplainthe specialtenetsoftheir respective cults. When a great ruler like T^sok ...
THE MASTER-BUILDER 7 of Indian buildings on the monuments of Asoka's time, and by comparing them with descriptions in Pili recor ...
8 THE VILLAGE SITE notyet improved upon the principles of the planning of the garden cities of India based upon the Indian villa ...
VILLAGE PLANNING 9 the horns and hoofs. Then the master-builder himself, gar- landedand dressedin cleangarments, turned thefirst ...
lO VILLAGE PLANNING cosmic cross were broad avenues, probablyplanted with um- brageous trees. The long one, running east and wes ...
THE ASSEMBLY-HALL ii Fortune ; this beingthepath bywhichthevillagepriestswent daily in performance of the rite ofpradakshind, or ...
12 HOUSE PLANNING placeofthisgeneralassemblywould beinthe parks orgroves ofsacred trees planted nearthegates. The Minasara gives ...
STANDARD VILLAGE PLANS 13 theextentof thelargestcitieswouldbe 20,000dandas,orabout 30 English miles square. Ofthis area about on ...
H STANDARD VILLAGE PLANS Theplan(fig. 2) called Nandydvarta(the abodeof happi- ness)wasnamedafterthe mysticfigure uponwhich itwa ...
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