The ancient and medieval architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER VII

TheViharaor

Monastery—The

Gautami-putraMonastery,

Nasik—Monas-

teryat

Bedsa—ModelsofMonasteriesat

Mamallapuram.

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78-9'

CHAPTER VIII

Vishnu and

Siva Shrines—The Allegory of the

Dawn-maiden

—The

Brahma

Shrine—OrientationofIndianTemples

... 92-

CHAPTER IX

TheEvolutionofIndianFineArtanditsInfluenceon

TempleBuilding

—

The Gandharan School—ThePhilosophyofIndian

Temple Building

—IndianArches—TheTempleofMartand

.... 1

10-

CHAPTER X

The Gupta Empire—Vikramaditya's Statecraft—Indian

Colonisation

—

Chinese Accounts of India in the Fifth and Seventh

Centuries

—

HarshaofThanesarand hisGovernment—The

Feast ofthe Indian

TrinityatPrayAga

125-

CHAPTER XI

Ancient Indian Universities—The University ofAjanta—Vishnu's Last

Avatar 140-

CHAPTER XII

TheGreat

TempleofElephanta—TheTrimiirti .... 156-

CHAPTER XIII

The

Dynasties

ofSouthern India—

AryanCivilisation in theSouth—The

FiveGreat

Assemblies—Local Self-government

intheTenthCentury

—SivaTemples

atJB^dami—Temples

atPattadakal—TheViriipSksha

Temple—TheEvolution

ofTemplePlanning

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